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29th December 2016 

The Guardian: Ministers put British bill of rights plan on hold until after Brexit

29th December 2016

The Mirror: Fury as Tories 'plan new campaign to leave human rights court' despite Brexit delay

24th December 2016

The Times: Prep schools struggling to fill free places for poorer pupils

24th December 2016

The Telegraph: Prep schools fail to fill free places for poor children because they can't find eligible families to take them

16th December 2016

The Guardian: Number of foreign undergrads at UK universities decreases 

12th December 2016

Schools Week: Consultation responses reveal widespread resistance to government selection plans

11th December 2016

The Guardian: Boris Johnson urged to promote human rights after Saudi Arabia gaffe

11th December 2016

IB Times: Politics 'Don't go easy on human rights' Boris Johnson urged after Saudi Arabia visit

10th December 2016

The Times: Elite schools offer 10,000 free places to poor pupils

8th December 2016

Business Green: Environmental groups unite in pursuit of a Greener UK post-Brexit

5th December 2016

The Independent: Government must increase English classes for migrants and make them take oath of allegiance, says report

5th December 2016

The Guardian: Casey review 'missed opportunity', says Muslim Council of Britain

5th December 2016

The Times: Migrants ordered to adopt liberal values and culture

30th November 2016

Prospect: Think Tank Awards 2016: the winners

29th November 2016

Huffington Post: Ruth Davidson: Jeremy Corbyn And John McDonnell Wanted IRA To Win

9th November 2016

City AM: Britain's coal-fired power stations likely to close by 2025 as government orders plants to halve carbon emissions or shut down

9th November 2016

Carbon Brief: UK plans to close last coal plant by 2025

9th November 2016

The Guardian: Britain's last coal power plants to close by 2025

2nd November 2016

The Guardian: High court rules UK government plans to tackle air pollution are illegal

1st November 2016

Nursery World: An early years teacher for every setting in deprived areas, Save the Children recommends

29th October 2016

The Telegraph: The Uber ruling is bad for drivers and customers - self-employment is the way forward

25th October 2016

Transport Network: Almost half of councils in breach of pollution limits

22nd October 2016

The Guardian: Four in 10 UK councils exceed air pollution limits, figures show 

22nd October 2016

The Independent: Almost half of local authorities breach air quality guidelines, government records reveal 

19th October 2016 

Business Green: Treasury accused of 'blocking' proposals to meet EU air pollution limits

8th October 2016 

Daily Mail: Can we stop this old-age time bomb?

5th October 2016

The Times: Migration moaners are hypocritical, says Soubry

5th October 2016

The Guardian: Small business minister: late payments are an outrage

4th October 2016

Huffington Post: Anna Soubry Hits Out At Anti-Immigrant Hypocrites Who Eat Chicken Tikka Masala

4th October 2016

BuzzFeed: Tory MP Attacks Daily Mail For “Nonsense About The NHS And Immigration”

3rd October 2016

ConservativeHome: Iain Dale’s 100 most influential people on the Right

3rd October 2016 

Left Foot Forward: Are the Tories starting to see sense on housing?

29th September 2016

Business Green: Are we really heading for 'Blackout Britain'?

29th September 2016

The Telegraph: Energy policy overhaul 'needed to cut costs and keep lights on'

12th September 2016

The Guardian: Imagining London in 2050

12th September 2016

The Times: We need to be a magnet for the world’s talent

12th September 2016

City AM: The future of London: Is the city edging towards independence?

12th September 2016

The Telegraph: Londoners in 2050 won't need cars. They'll be living in an app-powered eco-capital

12th September 2016

Huffington Post: London Must Create A New Innovation Cluster

12th September 2016

Evening Standard: More grammar schools risks ‘us and them’ divide in education, says Alan Milburn

6th September 2016

The Guardian: Raise taxes to fund £15bn-a-year bid to end UK poverty, charity tells Tories

5th September 2016

The Register: Nul points: PM May's post-Brexit EU immigration options

31st August 2016

The Spectator: House prices, consumer confidence, tax bills and holiday costs

31st August 2016

The Telegraph: Own a draughty house? You should be banned from selling it, says think-tank

29th August 2016

The Guardian: Theresa May urged to reshape welfare with 'social insurance'

9th August 2016

Sky News: PM 'Preparing To Lift Grammar Schools Ban'

7th August 2016

The Guardian: Theresa May's grammar schools plan faces cross-party backlash

7th August 2016

The Daily Mail: New grammar schools storm

22nd July 2016

Prospect: Big question: Does Britain need a new political party?

20th July 2016

The Guardian: Can Theresa May even sell her new conservatism to her own cabinet?

12th July 2016

The Guardian: Theresa May: our writers’ verdict on the new prime minister

12th July 2016

Business Green: Will Theresa May emerge as a green business hero or eco-villain?

6th July 2016

The Mirror: Older cars and diesels to be hit with new super-charge to enter London – and it might not stop there

5th July 2016

Business Green: Councils demand say in how Brexit impacts local green policies

3rd July 2016

The Telegraph: EU citizens who have already settled in Britain must be made to feel welcome

27th June 2016

The Guardian: Tories: general election could be avoided with Theresa May as leader

18th June 2016

The Sun: Conservative think-tank puts pressure on David Cameron to call ‘attachment’ to notion of free movement into question

16th June 2016

The Financial Times: Will the Conservatives make peace with the law of human rights?

7th June 2016

The Daily Telegraph: Close UK coal plants early, say green Tories

7th June 2016

The Guardian: UK should 'shut down all coal power plants two years before 2025 pledge'

7th June 2016

Business Green: Tory modernisers urge government to accelerate coal phase-out

7th June 2016

Energy Voice: Call for earlier phasing out of coal power plants

7th June 2016

Share Radio: Sam Hall discusses Bright Blues' report, 'Security of supply after coal'

7th June 2016

Carbon Brief: UK electricity is secure without coal, says Conservative thinktank

18th May 2016

Huffington Post: A British Bill of Rights Is a Threat to the Absolute Ban on Torture

6th May 2016

ConservativeHome: Tackling insecurity. Here’s a plan published from the Left but with solutions for the Right – and for everyone else

27th April 2016

The Times: European convention ‘benefits British justice’

8th April 2016

ClimateHome: Greg Barker - Time for ‘fresh thinking’ on UK energy policy

8th April 2016

Business Green: Lord Howard launches fresh "Green conservatism" initative

21st March 2016

The Guardian: Iain Duncan Smith broadside leaves Cameron facing test of unity

19th March 2016

Holyrood: Behind the sugar tax: the budget, the sugar levy and the cuts

16th March 2016

Newsweek: British Budget 2016: What the experts say

16th March 2016

ConservativeHome: We ask our panel - What did you think of the budget

16th March 2016

The Guardian: Disability benefit cut - Tory backbenchers call for rethink

12th March 2016

The Guardian: How Eurosceptics are stalling George Osborne's ride to Number 10

22nd February 2016

BBC Hereford and Worcester: Is there hope for couples left thousands of miles apart by changes to immigration rules begins (2:47:00)

22nd February 2016

The Guardian: Families to challenge minimum income visa rules in Supreme Court

27th January 2016

Radio 5 Live: Phil Williams Show - Interview with David Kirkby on Bedroom Tax (begins 45:05)

27th January 2016

ConservativeHome: The New Tory Left launches – and challenges future leadership candidates

22nd January 2016

The Daily Telegraph: Oliver Letwin - Britain needs more black cabinet ministers

22nd January 2016

International Business Times: Tory policy chief Oliver Letwin admits ethnic diversity in government is 'frustratingly slow'

17th December 2015

Prospect: The top political moments of 2015  

11th December 2015

The Guardian: Preschool education boosts children's academic success, research finds

30th November 2015

Climate Home: George Osborne: The best barometer for success in Paris?

26th November 2015

The Independent: Autumn Statement: ‘Pain delayed, not scrapped’ in temporary halt to tax credit cuts

18th November 2015

Business Green: Government proposes 2025 deadline for coal power phase out

15th November 2015

Financial Times: Think-tank calls on companies to fund part-time students

19th October 2015

The Independent: Cut child benefit for children who do not attend pre-school, Tory think-tank says

19th October 2015

Nursery World: Link child benefit to take-up of free hours, says think-tank

19th October 2015

The Guardian: No pre-school, no child benefit, Tory thinktank says in report on poverty

9th October 2015

Australian Financial Review: The Brit who taught Scott Morrison tough love

7th October 2015

Prospect: David Cameron’s conference speech: Big on liberal rhetoric, low on policy ideas

7th October 2015

Deutsche Welle: Conservatives stake their claim to the center-ground of British politics

6th October 2015

Times Higher Education: David Willetts: Tory areas are ‘culprits’ if too many people go to university

29th September 2015

BBC: Jeremy Corbyn 'not the Messiah,' says Keir Starmer

27th August 2015

The Week: MPs and businesses cross swords over record net migration

27th August 2015

The Daily Telegraph: Drop immigration 'tens of thousands' pledge, influential think-tank tells ministers

27th August 2015

The Daily Express: Number of Romanians coming to Britain triples – as EU workers boost migrant totals

26th August 2015

Business Green: Could 'subsidy-free' CfDs solve UK's renewables policy dilemma?

8th July 2015

Times Higher Education: Budget 2015: fees can rise for universities with ‘high-quality teaching’

6th July 2015

The Independent: Budget 2015: George Osborne's tax credit cuts will 'affect more than seven million children'

2nd July 2015

City AM: Think tank: Fossil heavy FTSE 100 exposes investors to risks

30th June 2015

The Daily Telegraph: Lord Howard: Tories must do more to protect environment

25th June 2015

The Daily Telegraph: Green Investment Bank on sale for as much as £3bn

25th June 2015

The Guardian: Senior Tories slam government's Green Investment Bank sell-off

13th June 2015

The Independent: Tories could capture millions of ethnic minority votes if they soften stance on immigration, says study

10th June 2015

The Daily Telegraph: Grandparents could share their children's parental leave, suggests David Cameron

28th May 2015

The Plymouth Herald: Plan to research value of student sector on Plymouth's economy

25th May 2015

ConservativeHome: Here is early evidence that the Conservatives are now winning more ethnic minority votes

24th May 2015

The Observer: Tory commentators on how the Conservatives can hold on to power

22nd May 2015

Cambridge News: Cambridge family lawyer urges divorcing parents 'to think about the impact' on grandparents

21st May 2015

The Independent: Illegal immigrants' pay will be seized, pledges David Cameron

17th May 2015

The Observer: David Cameron sets out his stall for first 100 days

10th May 2015

The Observer: Now the Tories are set to govern alone, how different will Britain look in 2020?

10th May 2015

The Independent: David Cameron tries to convince backbenchers he has changed leadership style in attempt to head off rebellions

28th April 2015

Social Market Foundation: Digesting the Labour manifesto (from 11:30)

11th April 2015

ConservativeHome: Could Labour’s days as a national force be numbered?

5th April 2015

The Independent: We cannot expect our MPs to look like Aidan Turner or Lily James, but appearance does count in politics

5th April 2015

The Huffington Post: David Cameron Must Abandon Net Migration Target In Manifesto, Say Modernising Tories

4th April 2015

The Times: Farage planned attack on HIV victims to boost his core vote

24th March 2015

The Daily Telegraph: Meet the woman who should lead the Conservatives after David Cameron - and no it's not Theresa May

13th March 2015

London School of Economics: The Coalition’s social policy record: policy, spending and outcomes 2010-2015

11th March 2015

The Guardian: Nicky Morgan urges 'curriculum for life' to deal with sexting and pornography

11th March 2015

The Daily Mail: Lessons in modern life: Pupils to be taught about how to deal with dangers of sexting, revenge porn and cyber-bullying

11th March 2015

The Daily Mail: Morgan urges 'curriculum for life'

11th March 2015

Pink News: Nicky Morgan: Sex education forms an ‘important part’ of PSHE

11th March 2015

International Business Times: Nicky Morgan: Schools should teach 'curriculum for life' covering sexting and revenge porn

10th March 2015

The Daily Telegraph: Nicky Morgan unveils 'lessons for life' for all children

26th February 2015

The Independent: David Cameron: We can still cut immigration to below 100,000 a year

26th February 2015

The Independent: Migration figures: Britons think immigration is good for sport, bad for the NHS but doesn't really affect them personally, poll finds

26th February 2015

The Independent: Tory immigration pledge 'failed spectacularly' as figures show net migration nearly three times as high as David Cameron promised

20th February 2015

Equality and Diversity Forum: Shaping the future of equality, human rights and social justice (from 22:50)

16th February 2015

The Guardian: Tories should look beyond migration cap, says thinktank

15th February

The Guardian: Tax avoiders and hedge funds. The Tories invited them to the party...

29th January 2015

The Daily Telegraph: Foreign voters will decide constituencies for the first time

20th January 2015

The Daily Telegraph: Isle of Purbeck - the only place in Britain where immigration has fallen

19th January 2015

Guardian: Politics live  

19th January 2015

New Statesman: Tory supporters warn the PM against out-Ukipping Ukip on immigration

19th January 2015

The Daily Telegraph: David Cameron should not be tempted to mimic the policies of the UK Independence Party

7th January 2015

Evening Standard: London's Diary: Johnsons are the new Medicis as Rachel steps up

6th January 2015

The Guardian: Winners and losers from foreign students

28th December 2014

The Guardian: Rising stars of 2015

24th December 2014

Daily Mail: Call for laws to help grandparents who prop up our families after report reveals quarter now spends time caring for grandchildren

5th December 2014

The Times: Grammar school revival attacked by Gove allies 

28th November 2014

The Telegraph: Let working grandparents take their children's parental leave allowance, says thinktank 

28th November 2014

The Guardian: David Cameron's immigration speech - as it happened

27th November 2014

BBC News: 'Conservatives should back votes for 16-year-olds'

The Huffington Post: Ex-Minister urges Cameron to 'move on' from immigration after speech

PoliticsHome: Green urges Cameron to modernise

Herald Scotland: MP: teenage vote can counter Ukip threat

Western Morning News: Conservatives urged to give 16-year-olds the vote to counter UKIP

26th November 2014

The Telegraph: The Tories need to win over young people who are 'relaxed about drugs, sex and alcohol', says Damian Green

21st November 2014

The Independent: Jubilant Ukip sets its sights on balance of power after Rochester and Strood victory

22nd October 2014

The Telegraph: The Tories can't woo Ukip voters and ethnic minorities at the same time

20th October 2014

Conservative Home: The Tories cannot forget the Great promise that they made

16th October 2014

Conservative Home: Osborne should cut National Insurance for poorer workers

8th October 2014

The Guardian: How will 'super diversity' affect the future of British politics?

2nd October 2014

The Guardian: Tories pledge tax cuts to follow welfare cuts

1st October 2014

Cosmopolitan: Are the Tories dealing with their 'women problem'?

30th September 2014

New Statesman: Minority retort: the Tories are looking to a future without the Lib Dems

GQ Magazine: How to survive political party conferences

Times Higher Education: Tory conference: 'Many universities aren't teaching anybody anything’

29th September 2014

London Evening Standard: Cutting benefits cap 'will leave London as ghetto for the rich'

25th September 2014

The Independent: Tory modernisers attempt to stop local pacts with Ukip candidates

25th September 2014

New Statesman: Greg Barker: the loyal Cameroon

10th September 2014

Nusery World: Childcare loan scheme could help businesses keep staff

3rd September 2014

London Evening Standard: Matthew d'Ancona: The Tory Right's antics could ruin Conservative hopes

13th August 2014

New Statesman: Ethnic minorities mean John Major would not win today

8th August 2014

Huffington Post: Nick Clegg In Bold Call For Radical Overhaul Of 'Utterly Senseless' Drug Laws

7th August 2014

Times Higher Education: David Willetts' loan book plan: smart business or half-baked?

16th July 2014

New Statesman: The reshuffle prepared the Tories for battle. But what does Cameron stand for beyond a desire to win?

15th July 2014

The Guardian: Nicky Morgan completes rapid rise to Cameron's top team

15th July 2014

Progress Online: March of the modernisers

9th July 2014

The Journal: It's lonely up North, admits Conservative MP Guy Opperman

13th June 2014

The Guardian: Tory Minister says party is performing appallingly among ethnic minorities

11th June 2014

Conservative Home: Chloe Smith MP: The economy. Education. Intergenerational issues. The most important ones for young people.

7th June 2014

Policy Exchange: What should the political parties promise on education in 2015?

29th May 2014

Progress Online: All change

26th May 2014

The Times: Tories talk of further curbs on immigrants as Ukip gains sink in

22nd May 2014

Times Higher Education: Ukip could 'challenge the agenda of higher education expansion'

13th May 2014

Progress: The modernisers’ manifesto

8th May 2014

The New Statesman: The Tories' minorities push has come too late to help them in 2015

The Times Higher Education: Think tank adds to pressure to take students out of net migration figures

6th May 2014

Politics.co.uk: Ethnic minorities soar in number - and they don't vote Tory

5th May 2014

The Spectator: Why policy wonks love Milton Keynes

30th April 2014

Conservative Home: The economy may be growing, but it still isn't nearly fixed

Voice of Russia: Modern Conservatives: Has Cameron managed to galvanise the Tories?

The Huffington Post: Simpering Tories Still Have a Bad Smell, Warns Former David Cameron Adviser

29th April 2014

The Huffington Post: Cannabis Legalisation In The UK: Campaigners Welcome Tory Think-Tank's To Ease Britain's Drug Law

The Telegraph: Prime Minister must stop fighting 'futile' war on drugs

Daily Mail: Time to surrender in the 'futile' war on drugs, Tory modernisers tell Cameron in attempt to lift party's appeal to young voters

Politics.co.uk: Tories urge Cameron to surrender the war on drugs

The Guardian: Labour argument on NHS trusts branded puerile by ex-No 10 adviser

28th April 2014

The Independent: Tory think-tank pushes for easing of cannabis laws to be cornerstone of party's election manifesto

The Guardian: Ukip condemned by cross-party group for running 'racist' campaign

20th April 2014:

The Sunday Times: Tory party shortlists ‘need more women’

05th April 2014: 

The Telegraph: Reassurance - not revolution - is the Tory mantra for 2015

18th March 2014:

NurseryWorld: Pupil premium extended to early years as tax-free childcare scheme expands

04th March 2014:

Children Young People Now: Better school-to-work links urged

04th March 2014:

NurseryWorld: Childcare fees now higher than mortgage, but rise slows

17th February 2014:

NurseryWorld: New study shows shortfalls for twos places

08th February 2014:

The Economist: A syndical ploy

03rd February 2014:

Progress: House of cards

03rd February 2014:

The Guardian: Andrew Mitchell urges Tories to engage black and minority ethnic voters

22nd January 2014: 

ConservativeHome: Nicky Morgan has a point

22nd January 2014:

The Telegraph: The real reasons female Tory MPs are quitting Parliament

22nd January 2014:

The Telegraph: MPs are useless? Not this time

22nd January 2014:

The Telegraph: The politics of hate and the Conservative Party

21st January 2014

Daily Mail: Tories cannot win if we just 'hate' everything and everyone, Treasury minister warns

21st January 2014

The Independent: Conservative Party must explain what it 'actually stands for,' says rising star

21st January 2014

The Telegraph: Tories need less 'hate' to win election, says minister

21st January 2014

The Huffington Post: Tory Message Needs Less 'Hate' To Win In 2015, Says Treasury Minister

10th January 2014

The New Statesman: On this week's New Statesman Podcast: Episode Thirty-One

9th January 2014

The Guardian: Minimum wage should rise but not at the cost of jobs, says George Osborne

8th January 2014

ConservativeHome: The pressure is on for a Minimum Wage rise – but is it the right thing to do?

Financial Times: So you want to increase the minimum wage?

7th January 2014

The Times: Minimum wage rise could be a Tory winner

7th January 2014

The Guardian: Lib Dems accuse Tories of 'nicking' party's policy on low wages

5th January 2014

The Guardian: Conservative party: low politics on the high wire

4th January 2014

The Guardian: 'We must not pander to Ukip': moderate Tories challenge drift to right

30th December 2013

The Guardian: Migration: politics of fear

28th December 2013

Novinite.com: Britain Panic Stricken over Bulgarian, Romanian Immigrants 

28th December 2013

PressTV: UK PM urged to soften tone on migration

28th December 2013

ConservativeHome: The uber-modernisers should show the Conservative Party a little bit of love

28th December 2013

The Huffington Post: David Cameron Warned To Stop 'Pandering To Ukip Prejudices' And Soften Tone On Immigration Threat

27th December 2013

The Guardian: David Cameron 'must stop pandering to Ukip prejudices'

27th December 2013

The Independent: David Cameron urged to soften tone on immigration

18th December 2013

The Independent: Michael Gove leaves door open for expansion of grammar schools

23rd November 2013

The Economist: All mod Cons

20th November 2013

The Spectator: Nick Boles is right: the Tory party must change

Conservative Home: The courage of Nick Boles

19th November 2013

The New Statesman: Nick Boles calls for new National Liberal-Conservative alliance

18th November 2013

Conservative Home: The case for free school co-operatives is set out by Steve Baker

14th November 2013

Times Higher Education: Universities must not repeat music’s costly online errors

6th November 2013

Conservative Home: The best way to help poorer workers is to cut their tax bill

5th October 2013

The Spectator Blog: Get a sense of humour: the Tories and coalition

2nd October 2013

The Guardian: Conservative conference: Ukip and Thatcher give David Cameron a headache

30th September 2013

The Times: Tories and UKIP can strike deal, says Farage [Front Page] (directly quotes our magazine article)

The Week: Who's writing Tory manifesto? David Cameron or Nigel Farage?

Platform10: Nick's Fringe Podcast - #CPC13 Monday [Audio]

The Guardian: Conservative party: raising the mental drawbridge

29th September 2013

The Observer: Anxious Tories look to halt the Ed Miliband bounce

The Telegraph: David Cameron rules out mansion tax

Platform10: Nick’s Fringe Podcast - #CPC13 Sunday [Audio]

27th September 2013

The Times Diary (TMS): Who let McBride in? Up guards and at ’em, art attack and horses play

11th September 2013

The Telegraph: Lynton Crosby still has to teach the Tories how to speak about welfare

4th September 2013

The Independent: Tories could raise minimum wage in effort to dispel their image as the 'party of the rich'

27th June 2013

The Independent: Wait for benefits could backfire, warns Tory ally

30th May 2013

Cicero Consulting: In Conversation...with Ryan Shorthouse (video)

14th May 2013

Total Politics: David Willetts on today's 'difficult process for Tories'

4th May 2013

The Independent: Local elections: Tories in civil war as Ukip glory puts David Cameron under pressure

20th April 2013

The Economist: Divided Kingdom

3rd April 2013

The New Statesman: What does it mean to make work pay?

30th March 2013

The New Statesman: Postgraduate funding is an inequitable mess and we urgently need to fix it

27th March 2013 

ConservativeHome: What is causing the stagnation of wages? Matthew Hancock MP sets out a Tory agenda for the low-paid.

25th March 2013

The Independent: David Cameron accused of 'scaremongering' as new crackdown on immigration unravels

24th March 2013

The Telegraph: Michael Gove the cabinet winner in poll of Tory members

19th March 2013

Platform 10: Why leaning in is part of a Conservative equalities agenda

18th March 2013

Total Politics: How to become leader of the Conservative Party

4th March 2013

Conservative Home: Roger Scruton versus the post-modern Conservative Party

21st February 2013

Prospect: Postmodern Tories

19th February 2013

Progress: It was acceptable in the 80s

7th February 2013

The New Statesman: Reviewed: Tory Modernisation 2.0 edited by Ryan Shorthouse and Guy Stagg

The Independent: David Cameron has won battle on gay marriage - but not the war, Tory MPs warn

Times Higher Education: Promises, promises: main parties start to look to 2015

5th February 2013

The Huffington Post: Gay Marriage: Has Outcry Set Back Cameron's Tory Modernisation?

4th February 2013

The Guardian: Can David Cameron see off the Tory troublemakers?

The Guardian: If profit-making schools are the answer, what's the question?

22nd January 2013

The Guardian: These Tory backbenchers will bang on until they hit self-destruct

19th January 2013

ConservativeHome: What the Tory modernisers did next

17th January 2013

Total Politics: All Mod Conservatives

16th January 2013

Daily Mail: Expand villages by a third and allow extensions without planning permission 'to solve homes crisis'

The Economist: Tory modernisation 2.0. Another round of renewal [Video]

Planning Resource: Tory modernisers press for further planning reform

Times Higher Education: Tory 2.0 plans: undergrads can pay for postgrads

Local Government Chronical: News round-up 16/1

Teaching Personnel: Conservative group advocates for-profit state schools

Platform10: Conservatives: Past, present and future

11th January 2013

ITV News: Teachers' union response on failing schools

10th January 2013

The Independent: Revealed - Tory plan for firms to run schools for profit

The Telegraph: Conservatives should be the party of the low paid, minister says

Children & Young People Now: Daily roundup: Profit-making schools, help to stop smoking, and preparing young people for work

The New Statesman: How academies covertly select pupils

The Huffington Post: Mehdi's Morning Memo

The Economist: Tory modernisers are launching a renewed campaign. It is overdue

The Telegraph: Private firms could be allowed to run schools

2nd January 2013

Platform10: Change to win v2.0

1st January 2013

The Guardian: David Cameron, the pragmatic mod, should beware his party's rockers

31st December 2012

The Telegraph: Francis Maude: Tories must modernise or face 'oblivion'

30th December 2012

The Guardian: Leading Conservative modernisers relaunch reform programme

The Sunday Telegraph: David Cameron: we’ll help the strivers, not welfare claimants

14th December 2012

Kent Online: Ashford MP Damian Green defends EU membership in speech

12th December 2012

The Independent: Eurosceptic Tories have 'fantastical idea of UK’s future outside EU'

Conservative Home: Damian Green's modernising speech in five points

The Telegraph: Damian Green tilts at Conservative 'fantasy' on Europe, and raises questions that need answers

The Daily Mail: Top Tory minister dismisses 'fantasy' of Britain breaking away from Brussels but staying in single market

The Telegraph: Damian Green: Conservatives' free-market vision of EU is 'fantasy'

Politics.co.uk: Green leads fight against Tory eurosceptics

The Spectator Blog: Tory minister says yes to EU and no to immigration to win at 2015

23rd November 2012

The Independent: The Tories should drop their obsession with small government

14th November 2012

The Fabian Society: The last of the one nation Tories 

2nd November 2012

Platform 10: Iris, teal, cornflower, baby, oxford, french, periwinkle, steel, denim, palatinate, sky, true…

16th October 2012

ConservativeHome: Would Cable or Clegg be a better Lib Dem leader for the Tories?

13th October 2012

The Economist: Tribes of Tories

11th October 2012

Action Aid: Blog from the Conservative Party Conference

9th October 2012

WWF: Conservatives and Climate Change

7th October 2012

Politics.co.uk: No mansion tax: Tories refuse to 'clobber' middle classes

6th October 2012

The Guardian: Tory group calls on David Cameron to form another coalition with Lib Dems

6th October 2012

The Telegraph: The Man with the Plan can’t keep avoiding the Blond One 

31st August 2012

Reuters: Cameron looks to reshuffle to revive fortunes

7th August 2012

New Statesman: Tories may be wrong on national debt, but some are right on personal debt

30th July 2012

Publicservice.co.uk: Tories must embrace the state

29th July 2012

Daily Mail: The Olympics have given us a chance to look back with fondness - and forward with hope

Platform 10: Conservative Modernisation 2.0 – The Word Cloud

28th July 2012

ConservativeHome: David Willetts wants Conservatives to embrace the state (and he's right)

The Times: Modernise to win, Willetts tells Cameron 

24th July 2012

Shifting Grounds: Time for a new pro-family policy

18th March 2012

The Guardian: Think tanks as a source of opinion and news stories

16th March 2012

Yorkshire Post: Lib Dems can be the coalition accelerator, not the brake

15th March 2012

ConservativeHome: The Tory Right must not again look like we are obsessed with tax, crime, Europe and immigration

This is Somerset: Astute coalition architect makes a virtue of division

This is Somerset: Yeovil MP David Laws optimistic over Tory-Lib Dem coalition prospects

14th March 2012

Daily Mail: What a gruesome love-in!

The Guardian: Coalition government: laws of political survival

Total Politics: David Laws warns both parties must keep up ‘necessary modernisation’

The Scotsman: Lib Dem's warning on the coalition

13th March 2012

The Times: David Laws calls on Lib Dems to stick with coalition government

The Daily Telegraph: David Cameron says Nick Clegg is stopping him reforming human rights law

Financial Times: Laws warns against 'policy paralysis'

The Guardian: Tory-Lib Dem coalition faces paralysis, warns David Laws

16th February 2012

Matthew Taylor's Blog: Bright Blue reflections

9th January 2012

Conservative Home: Baroness Warsi is the most powerful example of Tory feminism

4th October 2011

Dale & Co: The Tory modernisers fight back

1st June 2011

Tory Reform Group: Conservative Mainstream: what's in a name?

25th May 2011

Progress: Electoral battleground - has the centre-ground shifted?

2nd January 2011

The Observer: The coalition counts on blaming Labour for everything. Bad move

30th December 2010

Public Service magazine: Localism: how far can it go?

8th October 2010

Reuters: Tories won't soften cuts, despite risks

4th October 2010

Children & Young People Now: Former Tory aide slams party's commitment to marriage tax breaks

23rd July 2010

Politics.co.uk: Cross-party consensus builds for 'yes to AV' vote

22nd July 2010

Spiked Online: Electoral reform alone won't resuscitate politics

Policy Review TV: Queen's Speech Forum

12th May 2010

The Guardian: We are the real progressives

31st March 2010

Public Affairs News: Bright Blue urges "progressive" policy

21st March 2010

Platform 10: Safety in numbers

18th March 2010

Conservative Home: New network for progressive conservatives is launched

Third Sector magazine: 'Progressive Conservatism' think tank plans to work with sector on campaigns

18th February 2010

Platform 10: What are we educating for?

16th February 2010

The Sydney Institute: Jonty Olliff-Cooper - Progressive Conservatism in Contemporary Britain.

14th February 2010

The Guardian: Cry goes up for a Great Debate on schools.

13th January 2010

LinksUK: Does equality matter? New Tory think tank Bright Blue dives into the fairness debate.

Platform10: Bright Blue: Does inequality matter?

Left Foot Forward: Theresa May refuses to defend Thatcher on inequality.

The Equality Trust: Progressive Conservatives discuss inequality.

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