Simon Caulkin

Under certain conditions, the will of an obdurate minority can prevail over the plreferences of the majority

If you thought regulation was an impartial means of protecting the public interest, what’s happening to UK universities should make you think again

Consumer fightback against online marketing is ramping up as adblocking takes off

The Conservative plan to bring back selective education will do nothing to help young people facing unprecedented change

Is living to a century a gift or a curse?

You don’t need an industrial policy to get the economy moving – you just need companies, the state and the public sector to start doing their jobs again

There is a way out of the impasse – but is there anyone capable of taking it?

There’s one simple reason why so many organisations hit the buffers

Economics is the least important issue in the referendum on Britain’s European future

The pervasiveness of budgeting is matched by the fear and loathing that surrounds it