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Aug 17, 2024 | 
express.co.uk | Iain Mansfield
Have we finally reached 'peak university' 25 years after Tony Blair pledge? 15:01, Sat, Aug 17, 2024 | UPDATED: 15:01, Sat, Aug 17, 2024 Link copied Bookmark 'Are university admissions at long last in decline?' (Image: Getty)More than 25 years after Tony Blair’s ill-fated pledge to send 50 per cent of young people to university, have we finally reached ‘peak university’? This Thursday, hundreds of thousands of 18-year-olds took part in the annual ritual of collecting their A-Level results.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
msn.com | Iain Mansfield
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Iain Mansfield
Credit: Joe Giddens /AFP The legal profession’s decision to defy the Starmer’s call for 24-hour riot courts has provided the new Labour Government with a sharp early lesson in the diminished power of the British State.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
cityam.com | Iain Mansfield
Wednesday 10 July 2024 5:26 am Build, Baby, Build: Rachel Reeves has shown she’s serious about growth LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 8: Chancellor Rachel Reeves gives a speech at the Treasury on July 8, 2024 in London, England.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Iain Mansfield
Protesters draped in Rainbow Pride and Transgender flags Had you told Gordon Brown in 2010 that before the next Labour Prime Minister could assume office he would have to answer questions on the campaign trail about whether a woman can have a penis, he would have no doubt have thought you stark, staring bonkers.
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May 12, 2024 | 
policyexchange.org.uk | Iain Mansfield
The first detailed study of new plans for “Fair Pay Agreements”- published by Policy Exchange today – finds that the policy could cost taxpayers £4.2bn per year in social care alone, £21bn over a parliament, while failing to improve many beneficiaries’ living standards. An embargoed copy of the report is attached to this email. The plans, part of Labour’s New Deal for Working People, have been little noticed so far but are potentially among the New Deal’s most far-reaching elements.
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May 9, 2024 | 
thecritic.co.uk | Iain Mansfield |Lara Brown
“No debate” has been defeated — but the debate is still ongoing Sir Keir Starmer’s recent acknowledgement that Rosie Duffield was right to say, “Only women have a cervix” is a landmark moment – signalling a return to responsible government after years of discourse dominated by radical gender ideology. It is fashionable to assert, as the polling group More in Common often does, that no-one cares about “culture wars”.
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May 8, 2024 | 
spectator.com.au | Iain Mansfield
The Prime Minister has summoned the vice chancellors of several universities to Downing Street to read them the riot act over pro-Palestine protests taking place on their campuses. But this meeting will need to have more impact than Rishi Sunak’s ineffectual gathering of police chiefs in February over public order – which has led to far too little improvement in the situation.
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May 8, 2024 | 
spectator.co.uk | Iain Mansfield
Text size Line Spacing Comments Share Share Iain Mansfield The pro-Palestine campus protests have gone too far Linkedin Messenger Email The Prime Minister has summoned the vice chancellors of several universities to Downing Street to read them the riot act over pro-Palestine protests taking place on their campuses. But this meeting will need to have more impact than Rishi Sunak’s ineffectual gathering of police chiefs in February over public order – which has led to far too little improvement...
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
conservativehome.com | Iain Mansfield
Iain Mansfield is Director of Research at Policy ExchangeNow that the dust has settled, what can we say about the Budget? The Chancellor has given with one hand and taken away with the other. On the positive side, with little fiscal headroom to play with, he has succeeded in delivering some meaningful change.
