David Laws chairs Unlocked and is the former Lib Dem schools minister
May 2020
Poll reveals half of parents unconvinced that school is safe for their children's return
Teachers union leader warns situation ‘chaotic and untenable’ as poll reveals extent of uncertainty over return of pupils
November 2019
The Lib Dems are still the party of centrist ‘common sense’ – but are there any takers?
Andy Beckett
The party may find its self-consciously moderate worldview has little traction in a polarising election, says the Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
August 2017
GCSE standard pass not enough to match top nations, says thinktank
The profile
David Laws: ‘The quality of education policymaking is poor’
June 2017
Candidates line up for Lib Dem leadership race
Parliament’s summer recess will be time to appoint successor says Tim Farron who quits role after two years
April 2017
The case for an anti-Tory electoral alliance
Revealed: how free schools boom helps England’s richest regions
April 2016
Coalition by David Laws review – definitive and forensic
The former Lib Dem minister’s account of the 2010 coalition is engaging, lucid – and a warning to others
March 2016
Digested read
Coalition by David Laws – digested read
Book of the day
Coalition by David Laws review – was the near-obliteration of the Lib Dems worth it?
Conservatives' pledge to protect NHS 'entirely disingenuous'
Shortcuts
David Cameron’s 2016 crib sheet: ‘Remember, you are not a diehard Leicester fan’
Tory minister 'wanted UK pensioners to be low-wage fruit pickers'
Eight things we learned from David Laws' memoirs
David Laws: David Cameron 'petrified' of Boris Johnson leadership bid
February 2016
Cameron to give more power to governors in prisons shakeup
Sweeping changes will also include ranking jails in league tables and improving quality of education for prisoners
May 2015
Vince Cable among four Lib Dems to turn down Lords offers from Clegg
Danny Alexander, David Laws and Simon Hughes understood to make up rest of the foursome of unseated party figures who have rejected peerages
March 2015
The Lib Dems’ education policies: you ask the questions
In the runup to the general election we’re giving readers the chance to grill the main schools spokespeople. Second in our series is the Lib Dems’ David Laws
