Articles for the Herald and Post

Civil servants at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government must have had steam coming out of their ears last week, with two major announcements...

Sometimes the most innocuous sounding items on the parliamentary order paper turn out to be the most significant. On Monday, the House of Commons was due to...

One of the biggest demographic changes of recent years has received surprisingly little attention, yet it is likely to shape many areas of policy in the years...

One of Andy Burnham’s first announcements was a 20 percent cut in business rates for pubs. The proposal is welcome. Although many pubs would still be paying...

A little over a year ago, the Wessex Route – better known to us locally as South Western Railway or SWR – became the first rail franchise to return to state...

Australian political strategist Sir Lynton Crosby has always believed in the power of simplicity. I remember 21 years ago in the 2005 general election he worked...

"Unfortunately, for too long, we’ve had too many of our young people leaving school without the necessary skills or direction - and ending up on a dead-end...

Less than a year ago, I used this column to raise my concerns about the future of the Primary PE and Sport Premium. At the time, I had been questioning...

Andy Burnham arrived in Number 10 with people knowing little about his policy intentions. A couple of the Cabinet appointments looked carefully judged to try to...