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UK universities face ‘financial crisis’ amid collapse in international students

Higher education figures call on Labour to reverse tax on fees and warn institutions at risk of ‘going under’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13

Drones could deliver NHS supplies under UK regulation changes

New rules would allow flights beyond visual line of sight limit, enabling remote prescription deliveries as well as offshore inspections

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2025

Tech Secretary to cut red tape to make new technology available more quickly

The RIO was launched in October and is intended to reduce the burdens for businesses looking to bring new products and services to the market.

Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2025

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Ex-Tory minister to head new Government body to bring tech to market faster

Lord David Willetts has been confirmed as the first chairman of the Regulatory Innovation Office.

Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2025

Has Britain finally fallen out of love with university?

LET’S UNPACK THAT: As a former Tory minister hits back at critics who say degrees are no longer worth the paper they’re printed on and student numbers fall flat, Helen Coffey looks at whether going to uni has become less rite of passage and more passé for the next generation

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2025

University degree still best for young Britons’ life chances, says former minister

In research paper for King’s College London, former Tory minister David Willetts hits back at critics who say degree is no longer a wise investment

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025

Middle class millennials set to gain most from ‘unprecedented’ wealth transfer

Property asset boom is cascading down the generations, with wealthiest parents far more likely to enrich their children, says Resolution Foundation

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2024

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Aim for 70% tertiary education takeup by 2040, say UK university chiefs

Vice-chancellors say universities ‘essential to economic growth’ and that maintenance grants should be restored

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024

English universities need tuition fees of £12,500 to break even, analysis finds

Universities UK likely to recommend smaller increase as institutions struggle with deepening financial crisis

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2024

How the Tories pushed universities to the brink of disaster

The long read: Over the past 14 years, the Conservative dream of a free market in higher education has collided with the harsh reality of austerity and the cultural resentment of the radical right – driving some institutions close to bankruptcy

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

Tory peer accused of ‘profiting from small boat crisis’

Exclusive: Lord Willetts is the director of a tech company given £3m of taxpayer cash by the Home Office to to track vessels operating in British waters

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2024

Ex-ministers warn UK universities will go bust without higher fees or funding

Exclusive: Vice-chancellors suggest fee rise of £2,000 to £3,500 a year, but others say that is ‘politically impossible’

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2024

Garrick Club’s men-only members list reveals roll-call of British establishment

Exclusive: Details made public for first time prompt anger over how many influential figures belong to club that bars women

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2024

Tory peer calls for £10,000 ‘citizens inheritance’ for all 30-year-olds

David Willetts suggests policy would help spread wealth among millennials amid deepening inequalities

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2023

‘Everyone wanted to get one over on Thatcher’ – the artists who raided the Enterprise Allowance Scheme

Forty years ago, the Tories launched a scheme to foster entrepreneurs – but artists from Jarvis Cocker to Rachel Whiteread saw another way to use it. So did a government seen as hostile to the arts kickstart Britpop and the YBAs?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2023

Sunak urged to build more new towns to tackle collapse in home ownership

David Willetts asks PM to consider a postwar-style plan for affordable homes in next Tory manifesto

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2023

Why are millennials so turned off by the Tory party?

Amid housing crisis, post-Brexit drag and hardline migration rhetoric, most 25- to 40-year-olds think party deserves to lose next election

The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2023

My generation is sucking Britain’s young people dry. Why are politicians too scared to admit it?

The social contract between young and old is broken and inequality is out of control. The government must step in, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Conversation · Feb 1, 2023

Humanising capitalism: Jim Chalmers designs a new version of an old Labor project

Treasurer Jim Chalmers begins his Monthly essay “Capitalism After the Crises” with a quote from the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus: “No man ever steps in the same river twice. For it’s not the same river, and he’s not the same man.”

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2022

Senior Tories demand Sunak ditches ‘mindless’ crackdown on overseas students

David Willetts, Jo Johnson and Chris Skidmore say embattled PM’s move will hit economy and levelling up

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2022

Call these voter ID laws what they really are: voter suppression and an attack on young people

Older people lean Conservative – no wonder the government wants to keep younger ones away from ballot boxes, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2022

‘I’m one of the lucky ones, I’m financially OK’: welcome to ageing Britain, where pensioners outnumber children

Nearly one in five people in England and Wales are 65 or over – some are thriving, some struggling. How are we coping with the social, cultural and political change this brings?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2022

Universities to defy government pressure to ditch race equality group

‘Line has been crossed’ say English universities, after request to drop scheme identifying barriers to ethnic minority students

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