Shifting Power, Ignoring Problems: The Real Story Behind Burnham’s Reforms

Shifting Power, Ignoring Problems: The Real Story Behind Burnham’s Reforms

A gaggle of excited Labour MPs surrounds Burnham as he takes his seat in parliament. Every political age has to address unavoidable, uncomfortable realities. Modern Britain, rather than suppressing awkward questions, increasingly redirects attention towards constitutional reform, administrative restructuring and regulatory revamps, whilst leaving the underlying problems largely untouched. Andy Burnham’s proposals, captured in the…

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The Case Against the Equality Act

The Case Against the Equality Act

The case against the Equality Act Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, author of a new report, argues that, while seeming benign, this landmark legislation has reduced us from being equals before the law to ‘protected characteristics on legs’. ALKA SEHGAL CUTHBERT The Telegraph reported this week that more than a dozen Oxbridge scholarships, bursaries and financial aid schemes have…

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