2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (331+ words) Young people have been socialised to see themselves as vulnerable, fragile and incapable of hard graft. Alan Milburn's recent report on youth unemployment in the UK makes several worrying observations. A health secretary under Tony Blair's government, Milburn was commissioned…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (259+ words) Asylum seekers who claim to be unaccompanied minors are gaming the system unchallenged. As a foster carer, one of the first instructions we're given in training is that we must not, under any circumstances, agree to collude in secrets with…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (138+ words) spiked-online. com Labour is doing more than any government in history to undermine parental responsibility and authority. Something incredible happened on Monday. David Lammy, the gaffe-prone and intellectually challenged secretary of state for justice, hit on common sense. Intentionally or…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (346+ words) The same politicians calling for more online regulation are also pushing explicit content in the classroom. While the UK government flip-flops over the implementation of an "Australian style" social-media ban for under-16s, actual Australian teenagers continue to post on Tik…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (237+ words) Sadiq Khan's "Youth Lates' scheme is a band-aid for a bullet wound. Earlier this month, London mayor Sadiq Khan announced that a late-night'youth club'will be established in every'London borough. The "30million of'funding for the "Youth Lates' programme would provide "positive opportunities…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (238+ words) Stephen J Shaw on the personal and social tragedy of "unplanned childlessness. Brendan ONeill: How bad have things got when it comes to collapsing birth rates? Stephen J Shaw: I couldnt imagine it being any worse, frankly. Ive been studying…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (150+ words) Spiked Why Gen Z girls are so anxious Freya India on social media, dating and wokeism. Freya India " author of GIRLS" " joins spiked's Georgina Mumford to discuss the unique challenges faced by the women of the social-media generation. Freya explains…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (294+ words) Millions of perfectly healthy children are being set up for a lifetime of state dependency and unfulfilled potential. I should have felt shocked when I read that one in eight parents now report that their child has a disability. That…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (272+ words) From AI interviews to being "ghosted" by employers, the job hunt has become a degrading, inhumane process. Ironically, those tasked with graduate employment (typically human-resources departments) preach inclusivity, respectful workplace behaviour and "people-centricity". To examine whether these values are put…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (312+ words) From celebs to the NHS, gender woo-woo is still everywhere you look. Two decades may have passed, but I still remember the anticipation before our baby was born. We chose not to find out the sex " we wanted the surprise....