Anushka Asthana

Profile: Full name: Area of interest: Politics Journals/Organisation: The Times Email: anushka.asthana@thetimes.co.uk Personal website: Website: The Times / Anushka Asthana Blog: Comment is free Representation: Networks: http://twitter.com/#!/AnushkaAsthana | http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/anushka-asthana/2a/145/a43

Biography: About: Education: Career: "Anushka Asthana is a campaigning journalist and columnist. A Mancunian who has worked in London and Washington, she writes about policy, politics and people. In 2006 she was the Lawrence Stern Fellow, working for the Washington Post, where she covered the mid-term campaign trail. Her last job was as policy editor at The Observer" - The Times Current position/role: Columnist and chief political correspondent also writes/written for: Other roles/Main role: Other activities: Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: Broadcast media: Video: Controversy/Criticism: Awards/Honours: Scoops: Other:

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The Times: Column name: Remit/Info: Section: Role: Columnist and chief political correspondent Pen-name: Email: anushka.asthana@thetimes.co.uk Website: The Times / Anushka Asthana Commissioning editor: Day published: Regularity: Fortnightly Column format: Average length:

Articles: If the Tories won’t cut middle-class benefits . . . - . . . . then they certainly shouldn’t be planning a £25 billion raid on the poorest in Britain - 18th May 2012 What did the Lib Dems do for us? Quite a lot - It’s easy to kick Nick Clegg’s party for its mistakes. But it’s absurd to want to vote them into political oblivion - 3rd May 2012 How to face death with dignity and no fear - Philip Gould’s valedictory account addresses a subject that is taboo for too many of us - 20th April 2012 Ed Miliband’s future hangs on taming Unite - The union has its claws in Labour and is pushing for an uncompromising no-cuts strategy - 6th April 2012 London 2012 is wrapped in Bhopal’s misery - My grandparents lived there. Dow hasn’t cleaned it up and should not be an official sponsor - 23rd March 2012 The leaders’ wives cannot be our poster girls - Tax relief on nannies is ideal for Samanthas, Miriams and Justines. What about the Traceys? - 9th March 2012 It’s not schools or universities. It’s families - If we want children from poor backgrounds to get on, we must raise aspirations at home - 24th February 2012 Don’t believe this myth about bankers’ talent - Those whopping salaries originated in America. Money came before any exceptional ability - 10th February 2012 It’s a battle out there: why I had to give up cycling - Once I thought it was life-changing fun. But I know too many bad storie - 3rd February 2012 Pay London nurses more than Liverpool ones - The unions should speak up for public sector workers who face the highest living costs - 27th January 2012 It’s an ugly truth but looks do equal success - Making physical discrimination illegal is going too far but that doesn’t mean ignoring it - 13th January 2012 The big beasts the BBC ought to honour - Broadcasting chiefs should know better than to make a panda their woman of the month. But as they don’t . . . - 30th December 2011 Immigrants should embrace their sprouts - Christmas is not just for Christians. Its traditions can make all families feel at home - 23rd December 2011 Clegg has got it wrong on the fairness divide - Favouring the jobless at the expense of working families will prove a costly political error - 2nd December 2011 Security shouldn’t be just for homeowners - The Government must do more to help my generation who have no choice but to rent - 18th November 2011 He went to Cambridge. Don’t tell the audience - The remarkable story of an X Factor contestant has mysteriously not been publicised - 4th November 2011 My all-female Cabinet need not be a fantasy - Why only five women at the current top table? There are enough candidates in the coalition to do all the jobs - 21st October 2011 Never forget the victims of the August rioters - These tough punishment are fair. But that must not mean prison is the only answer - 23rd September 2011 It’s bad business for the City to be a boys’ club - Companies must prove they are serious about getting more women at the top. Or else - 9th September 2011 Miss, I’m losing out. This classroom’s too girlie - Boys could improve their GCSE grades if they were taught by more male primary teachers - 26th August 2011 Stop. That baby could well be a rioter in 2025 . . . - . . . but we can prevent it. Intervening early reduces the risk of failure – and saves money - 19th August 2011 A drugs revolution must start with cannabis - The classification system is deeply flawed. But it’s the whole punitive approach that needs an overhaul - 29th July 2011 In the 21st century real men do the school run - Nick Clegg isn’t henpecked into balancing work and family. He does it because he wants to - 15th July 2011 Is the party finally over for Generation Fun? - The economic squeeze will show if we are more than kidults with a sense of entitlement - 1st July 2011 Banding is the way to ban social segregation - Breaking down class barriers in schools need not mean punishing the middle classes - 17th June 2011 Care for the elderly is an issue we can’t bury - Andrew Lansley killed off Labour’s ‘death tax’. Now he must find his own solution - 3rd June 2011 Here’s a moment when we need to be politically correct - We’ve mostly managed to stop racism. But abuse of disabled people carries on - 25th May 2011

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