Over the coming months, Backbench will be partnering with Torrin Wilkins, Director of Centre Think Tank for a series of comment pieces. In his column, Torrin will explore prominent policy issues – some of them related to the latest news…
The number of top grades awarded reached an all-time high this year as 44.3% of students achieved either an A* or A in their exams. The A-Level results from this year have commonly been described as ‘inflated’ due to the…
As another white, rich old-Etonian rides roughshod over the UK parliament, the national news is dominated with talk of Brexit, trade deals and a potential general election. Little else gets a look-in. Yet one thing that caught my attention was…