Like the Democrats, Labour worries that its traditional voters may not turn out for a party that has dropped the old class rhetoric.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

Usefully, he includes a short history of pension provision, short because in the bad old days there was not much need for pensions: people generally worked until they dropped dead at an early age.

ECONOMIST: The history and future of pensions

Extra first year work will not necessarily damage students' eventual A-level grades, she argues - on the basis that under the old system, those who had dropped from studying three subjects to two had not necessarily got better results.

BBC: Students' worries over new exams