Anything that looks like a return to the “best-and-the-rest” model of the past will fail. Our modern, diverse school system is the key to restoring selection.
Especially so for smaller firms and entrepreneurs.
We want to ensure that you are not arbitrarily held back because of the colour of your skin, your sexuality or your religious beliefs.
You’re then four or five years ahead of a graduate, already knowledgeable about the role and the business, and you’ve been earning all the while.
Gove’s drive for better treatment and rehabilitation offers another opportunity for radical Conservative reform.
The Autumn Statement and Spending Review were far too interventionist.
I’m proud to have been chosen by the Prime Minister as his adviser to help drive this change.
We also call on the Government to extend the student loan system – to support those students who want to pursue a technical route, not just an academic one.
The only vision of the fair society that strengthens, rather than saps, our economic competitiveness is the meritocratic kind that boosts social mobility.
“Today, this is our note to you: let’s keep going, to build a brighter, more secure future for you, your family, and our country.”
To create work for all who want it, and a better life for our children and security for families. We can only do this with business.
Here is our simple, positive, Conservative message on jobs – for when you are knocking on doors in the weeks ahead.
The new 80,000 places that Labour wish to introduce will not be available for those who need them most.
Here in Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland, we have a strong message, the right conditions for it, and the right people to spread it.
The state is intervening to support a system that sees 32 per cent of graduates ending up in jobs that don’t require higher level skills.