Stefan Stern: Not levelling down but making it fair
Is it because he is Les? Or Luton? Professor Ebdon, the newly appointed head of the Office for Fair Access (Offa), is vice-chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire where, it may be assumed, there is little in the wine cellar to compare with the riches of other more venerable institutions....

Steve Hilton's trouble with fat cats and underdogs
The policy guru thinks that Virgin Atlantic is an 'upstart'. His confusion is Branson's PR triumph

Stefan Stern: Our public gaze is beginning to shame the shameless
Cameron calls for bank bonus truce" ran the Financial Times headline on Saturday. To some this truce will look more like a white flag. It is a curious moment to relax the pressure on financiers just when some appear to be acknowledging that things have got out of hand. First...

McJobs are getting better, but politicians must work harder
It is easy to talk about 'hard-working families', but the party that offers real dignity in labour will win their votes

Stefan Stern: Nobody tells the whole truth. But is a bit more of it too much to ask?
Last week, they interred the ashes of the man who urged us to "live in truth".