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Conservative Home16 Jun 2026

Hannah Campbell: A million youngsters with out of work with no prospects is not just a social tragedy it’s an economic one

We need a skills system that values routes into work as highly as routes into education. The test of government is not how often ministers talk about opportunity. It is how many opportunities they help create. The post Hannah Campbell: A million youngsters with out of work with no prospects is not just a social tragedy it’s an economic one appeared first on Conservative Home.

EconomyEducation
Conservative Home10 Jun 2026

Yes, social media is bad. No, a ban isn’t the answer.

A real conservative approach would recognise this, and offer an alternative which allows parents and education providers to decide for themselves what is best for their children. Schools and parents know young people far better than anyone in central government ever could.  The post Yes, social media is bad. No, a ban isn’t the answer. appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home10 Jun 2026

Ruth Davidson: Graduate loans are a tax on aspiration: it’s time for Fair Fees

A fair system should not trap people in decades of repayments while their balances grow. It should set interest at a reasonable level, protect students from retrospective rule changes and make sure the cost of higher education is shared fairly between graduates and the wider country. The post Ruth Davidson: Graduate loans are a tax on aspiration: it’s time for Fair Fees appeared first on Conservative Home.

EconomyEducation
Conservative Home5 Jun 2026

Matthew Elliott: What was in the King’s Speech for an unemployed young person?

If the Government were serious about the NEETs crisis, we would have seen a Bill to reform how our education system prepares young people for employment. The post Matthew Elliott: What was in the King’s Speech for an unemployed young person? appeared first on Conservative Home.

Education
Conservative Home28 May 2026

Festus Akinbusoye: The Government’s SEND reforms are not badly intentioned, but they’ll be bad for those they are supposed to help

What I am not persuaded of is that restricting the legal entitlements of children who depend on them constitutes a solution rather than a postponement, and a costly one at that. The consequences of getting this wrong will not appear in the Department for Education's accounts. The post Festus Akinbusoye: The Government’s SEND reforms are not badly intentioned, but they’ll be bad for those they are supposed to help appeared first on Conservative Home.

Education
Conservative Home14 May 2026

Daniel Lilley: Striking teachers are the tip of the iceberg of the disorder in England’s schools

The soaring number of exclusions in our schools reveals an education system that is in disarray. This highlights broader warning signs of an education system that has failed to get back on track even six years on from successive lockdowns. The post Daniel Lilley: Striking teachers are the tip of the iceberg of the disorder in England’s schools appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 May 2026

Richard Kelly: The Tory campaign in Wales would have been more effective had it focused on ‘addysg, addysg, addysg’

Tony Blair made ‘education, education, education’ the centrepiece of New Labour’s message and was duly rewarded. Thirty years later, the Welsh Tories missed a signal opportunity to do the same - and Welsh youngsters may suffer as a result. The post Richard Kelly: The Tory campaign in Wales would have been more effective had it focused on ‘addysg, addysg, addysg’ appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home6 May 2026

Kashmir Purewal: Why work experience should be part of our children’s education

Adolescence is precisely the moment when aspiration needs anchoring. The goal is not central micromanagement but partnership: schools setting expectations, employers contributing experience, and the state limiting itself to framework and safeguard. The post Kashmir Purewal: Why work experience should be part of our children’s education appeared first on Conservative Home.

Education
Conservative Home4 May 2026

Too much mud and noise and not enough about local issues

After the cavalcade rolls on, life in English councils, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Senedd will go on, with the minutiae of bins, roads, street lighting, looked after children, schools and care for the elderly. Who they get to run all that, very little connection to any of that. The post Too much mud and noise and not enough about local issues appeared first on Conservative Home.

PoliticsEducation
Conservative Home28 Apr 2026

Jonathan Guttentag: When the state mistakes a yeshivah for a school, liberty is at risk

Conservatives ought to be especially alert. We are meant to understand that society is made up not only of individuals and the state, but of families, communities, churches, synagogues, schools, clubs, traditions, and inherited forms of moral life. The post Jonathan Guttentag: When the state mistakes a yeshivah for a school, liberty is at risk appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home22 Apr 2026

Michael Gray: Labour’s tax assault on independent education is a surcharge on self sufficiency

Morally, philosophically and fiscally, the case for a future Conservative Government to reverse this tax on private education is overwhelming. The post Michael Gray: Labour’s tax assault on independent education is a surcharge on self sufficiency appeared first on Conservative Home.

EconomyEducation
Conservative Home17 Apr 2026

John Bald: Let’s give schools an incentive to tackle the causes of special educational needs

Once SEND is identified, the school has to meet the first £6,000 of the cost of additional provision, from funds which, in their view, they simply do not have. In the light of this perverse incentive, they do nothing, and children suffer. The post John Bald: Let’s give schools an incentive to tackle the causes of special educational needs appeared first on Conservative Home.

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