Clean up the Met 2nd February 2023 There is no prospect of an early end to the scandals that have damaged public confidence in the Metropolitan Police so badly. The impressive new Commissioner... Recent NewsSpeeches
Conservative History Journal 30th December 2022 A new edition of the Conservative History Journal, now in its 20th year, has been published this month. Its seventy pages cover a wide variety of topics... Recent News
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A British Baccalaureate? 23rd June 2022 The introduction of a British baccalaureate was the principal recommendation of The Times Education Commission, which published its report on 15 June after a... Recent NewsSpeeches
Independent schools and the Government 24th May 2022 The Schools Bill, one of the Government’s principal measures in the new Session of Parliament, had its Second Reading in the Lords on 23 May. Alistair Lexden... Recent NewsSpeeches
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