
Chris Skidmore: Britannia Unchained revisited. How to build on vaccine success – and make Britain a science superpower
The Prime Minister is right to put research and development at the heart of his plan to build back.
The Prime Minister is right to put research and development at the heart of his plan to build back.
Too much learning has been lost, and too many children will find their educational outcomes affected, to simply return to business as usual.
As soon as the emphasis shifts from surviving the pandemic to reviving the economy, he will become a key figure.
His, Williamson’s and Johnson’s intent to rebalance higher and further education reflects their Red Wall-focused vision – but will it happen?
There are three main issues for us. The HE/FE balance, making all students welcome on campus and the Conservatives’ own internal housekeeping.
Don’t expect Downing Street to bother too much about what MPs or the media think as it prepares to shake up government and Whitehall.
Not a good month for the Foreign Secretary, who slips from third place to eighth. But this is probably just due to the rising popularity of others.
Seven changes in all given the recent run of resignations: it all has a bit of a provisional feel.
We’ll continue to update this as the Prime Minister fills out the lower ranks of his government.
Here’s our best stab at who is voting for whom, and this list will be updated each morning, as the contest continues.
He could survive tomorrow’s ballot. If he doesn’t, his supporters will have to ask themselves what sort of final they want.
Truss and Davidson take the other podium spots, challenging the assumptions held in some quarters about the Tory grassroots.
The row over his sacking is a sign of a Party pulled in different directions by the way politics works – and by culture wars. Now a new competitor is knocking at the door.
The more one thinks about it, the more problematic it becomes.
Charging the same amount for different courses does not make sense. Fees should be slashed, but with the threshold for repayments lowered.