Sitemap - 2026 - Neil O'Brien's Substack
The returns to expanding higher education could be even worse than we thought
You can’t fix illegal immigration by making it legal
Demographic change since the census
The EU settlement scheme student loan scam
The Arday scandal revealed the rot in our universities
Police solve fewer crimes in rural areas. Why?
The central NHS bureaucracy is still expanding
Welcome to the Midland Misery Line
The unbearable lightness of Burnham
Which taxes will Burnham raise this autumn?
We have to stop borrowing so much
Getting politics out of the classroom
Asset prices and fiscal fragility
New data shows the number of really large welfare claims is even higher than thought
Violent crime and mental health - lessons are not being learned
If we're going to stop these attacks, we need to shut down the campus caliphate
Welcome to the post-literate world
In quires and places where they sing
Too little too late on youth unemployment
How to lie with statistics, by Rachel Reeves
The SEND white paper: asking MPs to sign a blank cheque
Welfare reform and the Household Benefit Cap