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Although the gap in some attitudes is not that far apart, the financial gulf between baby boomers and the age groups that have followed is substantial
The Oxford professor’s rich account of British social history is marred by her surprisingly crude political assumptions
Even Margaret Thatcher saw that letting institutions go bust was a bad idea
Ex-minister David Willetts says any new government must be bold in backing R&D
Resentment at UK university fast-track should be channelled into rethinking A-levels and admissions
Two new books, ‘The Theft of a Decade’ and ‘Stop Mugging Grandma’, examine the divide
She believed that the vision of a ‘social Europe’ was a bridge too far
Deals signed with Liam Fox on Theresa May’s China trip
National Audit Office increases pressure on private sector in wake of Carillion collapse
A former higher education minister argues that there are hidden costs to Oxbridge’s excellence
The UK chancellor’s shift to fiscal policy is welcome and long overdue
Burden of paying for always-rising payouts too great on younger generations, MPs say
The value of the currency is always a clue to the health of the economy
Radical reform includes concessions to appease fears over social division
Publish intelligent data to equip students to make more informed choices about where they study
Prime minister feared ‘immense harm if young teenagers were to read it’
Scottish self-government and the north-south divide were as central to thinking 30 years ago as today
Gap widens between generations, according to think-tank research
Interviews with former ministers cast fresh light on inner workings of Whitehall
It is not that machines will take jobs but that they will do so too slowly, writes David Willetts
Bright Blue campaign aims to reverse ‘worrying decline’ in worker education
Non-political figures take up relatively smaller proportion of red benches
Ultimo lingerie founder will be made one of David Cameron’s new peers
A higher minimum wage looks like a fillip for the under-25s, says David Willetts
Plan depends on universities being more transparent about accounts
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