Also: Sinn Fein defend senator’s ‘unionist’ credentials; Plaid bid to outlaw mockery of the Welsh language; and London and Edinburgh face Supreme Court showdown.
Day-to-day spending being brought back into balance is good news, and it makes some spending decisions easier, but beware hype about the ‘end of austerity’.
Last year, there were over 10,000 fewer A-levels being taken in languages than were taken at the end of the 1990s.
We re-run the author’s series on what might be done for the UK to be Ready on Day One.