Junk kids, junk Britain
07 Oct 2006
The effects of junk food, television and computer games on children's health and development.
Sep 2006: Junk Children, Junk Britain
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190 reasons why the British are learning to love knowing more than just English
09 Oct 2006
190 Specialist Language Colleges are changing the way children think of other languages.
The language of success
09 Oct 2006
Frances Rafferty talks to Isabella Moore, director of the National Centre for Languages.
We need nuclear, but in today's world don't expect the new players to be British
09 Oct 2006
Four engineering academics take a look at what is needed to deliver a nuclear renaissace whilst ensuring that the public are kept safe and on board.
Let's be sure Britain makes the best of the North Sea
09 Oct 2006
Mark Carne welcomes the government's recognition that it must do more to ensure that Britain does not waste its oil and gas legacy in the North Sea.
Rushing at the nuclear fence, and then failing to clear it
09 Oct 2006
Gordon MacKerron asks whether the energy review was necessary at all, and contrasts the inclusive study that marked the 2003 white paper with this year's review
An 80% cut is the right goal but have we the will to make it happen?
09 Oct 2006
A bigger target for reduction in carbon emissions is right, but is the road map for getting there the right one?
If this is pensions reform, then back to the drawing board, Mr Brown
09 Oct 2006
The government’s ‘pension reform’ proposals have ended up as a mess — particularly for women.
A bigger scandal than we had with Maxwell
09 Oct 2006
The government has wilfully misled those who have lost money because of fund wind-ups, and in so doing has destroyed confidence in pension schemes.
New Age Pensions
07 Oct 2006
Former No. 10 adviser Ros Altmann says that the government’s pension reform proposals seem more concerned with short-term headlines than the enduring sustainable changes really needed.
A man in a hurry; a man in no hurry
07 Oct 2006
While Gerry Adams is desperate for a resolution in Northern Ireland, DUP leader Ian Paisley is in no rush .
The child experts we cannot afford to lose, but do not seem to value
07 Oct 2006
Charles Ward on the pivotal importance of educational psychologists, who aren't getting the credit they deserve.
We know who they are, but do we really hear what they have to say?
07 Oct 2006
The government has identified the most excluded families in Britain amongst the key target groups it now wants to reach. Fran Bennett poses a series of questions ministers will need to consider.
Helping the hopeless
07 Oct 2006
Hilary Armstrong argues that social exclusion cannot be accepted as inevitable, and that this is the first government to be in a position to really reach out to the most severely excluded and disadvantaged.
The letter that should set alarm bells ringing in Whitehall
07 Oct 2006
What government should be doing to save our children.
The Rock shakes hands with Spain, and everyone is a winner
09 Oct 2006
The deal that brings Gibraltar in from the cold, and the hope that threats will have no place in future negotiations.