This imbalance is driven by the core science budget: the Research Councils (which fund projects) and Quality Related “QR” funding, which universities allocate.
Can have a bold enough economic policy that people in these newly gained seats can see the difference in five years’ time?
Bowman and Westlake’s policy ideas are perfectly compatible with this end, but pitching them as a city and town agenda risks creating a false impression.
The battlegrounds of the next election, as well as the wider economy, are being shaped by new technology.
This small measure may well go some way to restoring the faith of voters in democratic measures – not least in Oxford.
He would be averse to leaving without a deal, but even more alarmed by the idea of taking any course of action which risked breaking the Tory Party into fragments.
We must drive this project forward. It is a vital piece of infrastructure which could allow a million new homes to be built. But we need to sort out the route.
In other words, let us do things a bit more like everywhere else in the world and a bit more like we used to in the UK.
For many voters, local elections boil down to which party will provide the best possible services at the lowest possible cost.
Afua Hirsch recounts her inability, as a person of mixed race, to feel she truly belongs in either Britain or Ghana.
“This is the most important job of your political career so far – and there’s a lot riding on what you make of it. On this one you need to make a difference.”
The lack of a Conservative Commons majority prevented the Chancellor from doing much more than playing it safe – which he did effectively.
The Crown Prosecution Service and the police are still failing to uphold democracy in Tower Hamlets.
It can be done, but it requires a great deal of political ambition.
Grayling is a man with a plan.