Bright but disruptive pupils are allowed to stay while less able but equally troublesome children are dumped. It is illegal, but it happens nonetheless.
The way equalities law applies to “philosophical belief” has created a messy courtroom battleground for all sorts of angry fringe groups to seek protection.
We need to put down our placards and put on our powersuits. The challenge is to be confident and assertive despite our upbringing.
The Prime Minister says that she has ‘developed her view’ on gay rights, and wants to be seen as “an ally of the LGBT community”.
Five task forces cover energising our economy, transforming our public services, building a fairer society, sustaining our democracy and shaping a Global Britain.
Some counter-intuitive, or at least counter-conventional, findings from a recent IFS report.
Parity is important because it sends a message that we believe in the equality that our women and men are working to protect in conflict zones.
The Resolution Foundation’s new report is a serious piece of work, but its proposals to improve social care funding also bring political problems.
But some, perhaps many, Tory MPs have these tendencies – including one no less senior than the Prime Minister herself.
Adopting the lexicon of the left muddles our thinking and undermines proper understanding of our positions.
It’s time for us to acknowledge that it is a response to our own failures – and to listen to voters who are opting for it.
There is a suspicion that the Government wants to talk about other things – and a significant amount of attention is of course already being consumed by Brexit.
Amy Chua says they are blind to the decisive importance of tribal politics – an obliviousness which extends to America itself, and prepared the way for Trump.
The first article in our new mini-series, in which female Conservative MPs share the stories of their journeys into politics, comes from the MP for Copeland.
From housing to university access, from the criminal justice system to the House of Commons, ethnic minority communities desire and deserve a fairer deal.