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The 89 generation

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:47:52 GMT

Like a lot of people contemplating the anniversary of the autumn of 1989, I look back on it with a mixture of pleasure at the recollections - and puzzlement that it must make me 20 years older.
Source: BBC News

One in 10 teenagers classed as 'Neet'

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:19:50 GMT

The number of 16- to 18-year-olds branded as “Neet” – not in education, employment or training – has risen amid growing fears that school-leavers are bearing the brunt of job shortages in the recession.
Source: The Telegraph

Tuesday 3rd November 2009

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:24:36 GMT

David Cameron lays out plans to save millions in NHS reform "David Cameron promised yesterday to cut the cost of running the NHS by a third while handing day-to-day management of the health service over to an independent body.
Source: ConservativeHome

Monday 2nd November 2009

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:14:27 GMT

David Cameron will seek a "manifesto mandate" to renegotiate Britain's relationship with Europe rather than hold a post-ratification referendum on Lisbon "Last night the influential website ConservativeHome reported that the Tories would not seek a...
Source: ConservativeHome

Give grandma her due

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:39:02 GMT

When I was five my parents split up, and as neither of them was able to care for us at the time, my three-year-old brother and I went to live with my paternal grandmother. She was in her mid-sixties, a widow with a house full of antique furniture.
Source: Times Online

Universities have not earned tuition fees, David Willetts tells NUS

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:12:21 GMT

Universities have failed to earn the right to charge £3,000 a year in tuition fees, David Willetts, the Shadow Universities Secretary, said yesterday. He told students that if the issue arose now he would probably not vote for higher fees.
Source: Times Online

Conor Ryan: 'Universities must earn the right to charge higher fees'

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:10:33 GMT

In the coming weeks the Business Secretary, Lord Mandelson, will announce the terms of reference for a review of student fees.
Source: The Independent

HARRY PHIBBS: Grandparents are more than babysitters - they are a family's helpline

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:56:47 GMT

If the Tories win the next election the law will be changed to ensure grandparents do not lose contact Most of the nation's grandparents would be unlikely to use terms such as ‘empowerment’ but that is apparently what they have to look forward to under...
Source: Daily Mail - UK

Photo from Getty Images

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:03:49 GMT

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 05: Shadow Chancellor George Osborne (L) introduces members of the shadow cabinet (2nd L-R) Shadow Secretary of State for Business Kenneth Clarke, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Theresa May, Shadow Secr...

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Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:01:53 GMT

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 05: Shadow Chancellor George Osborne (L) introduces members of the shadow cabinet delegates at the Conservative Party Conference, (L-R) Shadow Secretary of State for Business Kenneth Clarke, Shadow Secretary of State for...

David Willetts MP

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:42:19 GMT