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Social Mobility, Vocational Education, Migration and Women in the Workplace - some of my week ahead
This morning I'm chairing a keynote session at a national conference on 'Fair Access and Widening Participation in England's Universities' at which the main speaker is Alan Milburn, the former Labour Minister who...[more]
Challenging the Home Office and pressing for a real strategy for growth - part of my week this week
I've been drawn for Home Office Questions this afternoon, and I'll be pressing the Immigration Minister again on the damage the Government's policies are doing to the recruitment of international students. There are...[more]
WaterPrint Exhibition at The WorkStation November 13th - 23rd.
On Thursday November 15th I'm opening the Sheffield WaterPrint exhibition at The WorkStation on Paternoster Row (S1 2BX). The exhibition, which is a selling exhibition, has been organised by members of...[more]
START THE WEEK blog: Planning and policing, water and women's equality - all part of my week ahead
This afternoon the House of Commons starts with questions to Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles and I'll be there to support our Shadow team, as PPS to Hilary Benn. We'll be pressing the...[more]
New Business Select Committee report on Apprenticeships - I'm backing the call for urgent reforms
In Parliament I'm a member of the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee. Our Committee has today published a new report on apprenticeships which calls for urgent reforms to the programme. The report concludes one...[more]
Growth, a roundtable on barriers to women in the workplace, and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - all part of my week this week
When I write this piece on my way to Westminster every Monday morning, it's not always clear how the week will unfold. Last week I hadn't intended to speak in the debate on the EU budget, but changed my mind as things...[more]
I'm calling on the Government to protect EU Research and Innovation Funding to support growth and jobs
In an often stormy debate on the EU budget in the House of Commons last night I urged the Government not simply to negotiate the size of the EU Budget, but to engage in the debate about its shape and protect research funding....[more]
