Civic Service can lock in community spirit for the next generation while giving them the vital skills they need for life.
The Government’s ambition is commendable, however, the scale of the challenge is significant.
Never mind that such a person would never pay off what they owe: the eye-watering fact is that interest itself becomes 68 per cent of the total debt.
Both the short and long term implications of this rise are baleful. Demography is destiny – and the Government should act.
Ministers may be right in assuming that nothing like the full complement of those entitled to settle do so. But what if they’re wrong?
The borough, GPs and the NHS knows that the figures are wrong. But without someone to clean the information or update the systems, we will struggle.
It is good news that guidance has been corrected, but it should be noted that one’s legal sex and one’s biological sex are not identical.
One of the most striking developments was Mordaunt criticising the use of the word ‘woman’ in the Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Bill.
One of an occasional series of articles that ConservativeHome is publishing in advance of the Budget.
With the Government securing 350 million doses of vaccines, and community testing in development, we are starting to win the war against Covid-19.
The Government will need to think carefully about how any change to policy is presented, and the approach should be nuanced and flexible.
Unions are pushing for more closures and a rota system. It’s imperative the Department of Education fights its corner.
The first group of savings are about making the state more efficient, the second about creating a state focused on the core tasks of government.
The insidious idea that one’s sex is a solely matter of personal demand is seeping into policy and practice, almost unnoticed.
If a business has easy access to low paid labour it will put off improving its technological processes.