SEND, Skills and the System: Time to Rebalance Education
I come from a world of no mobile phones and only three television channels. Childhood boredom was not an emergency; it was an expectation. Silence was not suspicious; it was normal. Today, I look at the pace, pressure and digital saturation surrounding young people and cannot help but wonder how profoundly modern living is shaping […]
Devolution: Real Local Power, or Just a New Way to Divide the Same Pot?
Devolution has become one of the most used—and most misunderstood—words in British economic policy. For business communities, it often sounds like political rebranding: a reshuffle of responsibilities dressed up as transformation. But at its best, devolution is something far more serious. It is about shifting decision-making away from Westminster and into the hands of local […]