Afew people have asked me about this Liz Truss “bonfire of the quangos” story, where sources are suggesting our very own Office for Students could be dismantled in the name of efficiency and austerity.
As you’d imagine, I’ve been closely following the intellectual cut-and-thrust of detailed policy formulation and analysis that is a feature of every Conservative leadership campaign – whether it is Truss or the equally impressive Rishi Sunak that becomes our fourth Prime Minister in seven years we need to be ready to map the impact of each proposed idea (no matter how esoteric and wonkish) on the sector.
