We are often poor at commercialising technology. Doing so requires scale, which in turn means we need large numbers of qualified people.
Downing Street can win votes in the regions without resorting to Blair’s pork-barrel spending.
A young person in Britain is nearly twice as likely to be not in education, employment and training as a young person in Germany.
Circumstances dictate a suck-it-and-see Autumn Statement – but also one that can transcend its own caution by pointing to a visionary landscape ahead.
We should commit to tackling racism where it exists – not working ourselves into paroxysms of outrage.
There is a trade-off between the long-term interest of the economy and the short-term interest of many Leave voters.
The new Government can’t realistically aim to target its programme on everyone. To govern is to choose.
Our universities churn out more graduates than is useful whilst necessary skills are under-supplied by the neglected vocational alternative.
The focus on leaving the EU needs to be balanced by a powerful new Department for Growth, with a mandate to devolve power and drive up regional prosperity.
Cameron may soon be going, but we must ensure that his legacy is secured, our party should unite, and our work should begin again.
Don’t let anyone fool you into believing that quitting the EU will make us any more prosperous or secure or influential.
We are more likely to provide opportunities to lower paid British workers and to grow the economy as a whole if we vote for Brexit.
For decades, Governments allowed British nuclear expertise to atrophy, and refused to make decisions about new capacity.
You’re then four or five years ahead of a graduate, already knowledgeable about the role and the business, and you’ve been earning all the while.
The most successful ones will be those that maintain their partnerships in Europe, but also look farther afield to forge new associations across the globe.