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Posts Tagged: David Willetts

David Willetts: Solving our nation’s problems requires a fair deal for the young

They have been handed a raw deal during the course of the pandemic. Investing in them is an investment in our future.

By Lord Willetts | 3 December 2020 | 13 comments

What Thatcher’s response to the AIDS crisis teaches us about tackling the present pandemic

The proposals published today to make England the first country to end new cases of HIV fit within a Tory tradition of pragmatic health policy.

By Andrew Gimson | 1 December 2020 | 11 comments

Three actions that Ministers must take if we’re to live without fear. Or else they and we will be lost.

If the public conversation about lives and livelihoods doesn’t change, we risk being trapped in semi-lockdown semi-permanently.

By Paul Goodman | 15 October 2020 | 125 comments

We need a Plan B for universities as well as schools – and much the same one

Many still assume that going to college and leaving home are bound up together. But it ain’t necessarily so.

By Paul Goodman | 28 September 2020 | 59 comments

Neil O’Brien: Higher and technical eduation. The universities should reform themselves. Or have reform forced on them.

For a country deep in debt, lofty thoughts are not enough to justify such huge numbers of students doing things that don’t help them economically,

By Neil O Brien MP | 1 June 2020 | 55 comments

Dean Godson: How the Conservatives divide on policy towards China

As with Brexit, much of the Tory family finds itself pitted against the permanent State on how Britain aligns itself in the world.

By Dean Godson | 30 April 2020 | 122 comments

Scruton and the Tories. “A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country.”

Why is the Party so mistrustful of Tory intellectuals? We mourn the passing of our former contributor.

By Paul Goodman | 13 January 2020 | 29 comments

Do voters distrust Johnson on the healthcare? Sure. But Labour is no longer seen as “the party of the NHS”, either.

The latter’s NHS myth is fading as time passes, and younger people bring their consumer viewpoint to their use of public services.

By Paul Goodman | 19 September 2019 | 190 comments

Nick Hillman: Don’t be swayed by the outrage. Treating EU students like other non-British students makes sense.

There are real problems with the Government’s general approach to international students. But morally and economically, this decision is the right one.

By Nick Hillman | 30 April 2019 | 58 comments

Philip Booth: Field is a great man and a great politician – but no, he is not a Conservative

It would be a mistake for the Conservatives to even try to recruit him. Instead, they should follow his lead of thinking – and saying – the unsayable.

By Philip Booth | 31 August 2018 | 75 comments

Our survey. Are Tory members shifting towards backing tax rises? They divide over one to help fund the NHS.

41 per cent say spending should rise further and be funded by a specific hike, while 44 per cent oppose the idea.

By Paul Goodman | 4 April 2018 | 166 comments

David Willetts: The tuition fee system makes sense. The challenge now is to make it acceptable.

In his second piece on Higher Education, the former Universities Minister looks at how they might be tweaked – and why the alternatives are reactionary, expensive or both.

By David Willetts | 8 February 2018 | 67 comments

Universities. The Conservatives will be “stepping up our speaker programme”. Here are some suggestions.

Boles isn’t as well known as the star of our Moggcast, but he is well-briefed, independent-minded and can make waves.

By Paul Goodman | 5 February 2018 | 45 comments

Interview: Jo Johnson condemns the hounding of vice-chancellors over their pay

The Universities Minister takes on Lord Adonis, and insists the new regulator will control pay by insisting on transparency and the right benchmarks.

By Andrew Gimson | 8 December 2017 | 11 comments

Willetts makes a powerful case for university expansion

The former minister upholds tuition fees, points out that these are good for the poor, and attacks academic resistance to competition.

By Andrew Gimson | 2 December 2017 | 47 comments

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