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David Paton: Send for Sherlock Holmes. The riddle of falling teen pregnancies

David Paton - March 13, 2014

Teenage pregnancy hit the headlines recently with the welcome news that the rate of underage conceptions in England decreased in 2012 for the fifth successive...

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Jill Kirby: Beware the Lib-Lab-Con consensus

Jill Kirby - March 13, 2014

With debts of more than a trillion pounds and still rising, why is the government still spending upwards of £4 billion a year on...

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Sally Goddard Blythe: Take the iPad off the toddler

Sally Goddard Blythe - March 13, 2014

There is nothing new in the concept that the first three years of life lay the foundations for the remainder, but as we live...

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Laura Perrins: Why is being a bossy girl now a crime?

Laura Perrins - March 12, 2014

A plane has fallen out of the sky and Russian boots might march upon the Ukraine, but truly, I tell you, there is something...

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James Bartholomew: Which families does the State support?

James Bartholomew - March 12, 2014

Edited extract from The Welfare State We’re In by James Bartholomew (Biteback 2014, £14.99). Buy on Amazon here. The welfare plan outlined by Lord Beveridge in...

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Kathy Gyngell: The first commandment of family policy is ‘thou shalt not offend’

Kathy Gyngell - March 12, 2014

A prior concern not to offend, to be deemed judgmental, let alone to actually judge, has clouded three decades of family policy. For years...

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Kathy Gyngell: One earner married families under siege

Kathy Gyngell - March 11, 2014

How has a government that committed to making Britain the most family friendly country in Europe ended up with tax system that's driving the...

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Chris McGovern: Why does China thrash us at maths? They teach their kids to count

Chris McGovern - March 11, 2014

Education minister, Liz Truss, has recently flown off to Shanghai in search of a mathematical 'philosopher's stone'. She wants to discover how Chinese pupils score...

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Laura Perrins: Lib Dems – baby snatchers

Laura Perrins - March 11, 2014

Gather ‘round all ye who hunger and thirst for tomorrow’s news today and listen to the wise words of the prophetic one. For I,...

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Sharon James: Hooray for the hundred pound wedding dress

Sharon James - March 11, 2014

Christmas wish lists have recently been featuring a new request. More children are asking for ‘a daddy’. This is unsurprising. The sheer scale of...

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