I know it's not the hottest topic in child abuse this week...but it still matters. The Children's Commissioner has a statutory duty to be non-partisan and to represent ALL children.
The problem with all of this is that the UK has descended into a "crabs in a bucket" mentality in relation to the perception of success.
Whats scary is that Labour is now applying this mentality to children, by effectively saying you cannot succeed individually unless everybody else is better off as well.
Those of us with expertise in financial and economic modelling understand full well the gaslighting that has been going on in regrds to the often touted IFS Report.
Its fairly obvious that the VAT add-on will not raise any real amount of funds (less than £0.5bn), so i suspect they will be hiding that number inside the increases they are applying to the education budget. They will very likely stall and obfuscate over the next few years about the actual effect of the VAT increase on revenues.
We decided to send our child abroad for private education because I don't see Labour being objective about any of this. For them, this is clearly a red meat policy that they are using to keep their base happy.
There will be a lot of damage on the ground (specially SEN) but with the current climate being promoted and encouraged by Labour, any complaints will fall on deaf ears in a clear race to the bottom.
My next piece is going to be about "exit" vs "voice" strategies for parents. This blog is part of my effort at "voice". You've taken "exit". What's very clear is that Labour don't want parents in state education to have either.
The problem with all of this is that the UK has descended into a "crabs in a bucket" mentality in relation to the perception of success.
Whats scary is that Labour is now applying this mentality to children, by effectively saying you cannot succeed individually unless everybody else is better off as well.
Those of us with expertise in financial and economic modelling understand full well the gaslighting that has been going on in regrds to the often touted IFS Report.
Its fairly obvious that the VAT add-on will not raise any real amount of funds (less than £0.5bn), so i suspect they will be hiding that number inside the increases they are applying to the education budget. They will very likely stall and obfuscate over the next few years about the actual effect of the VAT increase on revenues.
We decided to send our child abroad for private education because I don't see Labour being objective about any of this. For them, this is clearly a red meat policy that they are using to keep their base happy.
There will be a lot of damage on the ground (specially SEN) but with the current climate being promoted and encouraged by Labour, any complaints will fall on deaf ears in a clear race to the bottom.
100pc. thanks.
My next piece is going to be about "exit" vs "voice" strategies for parents. This blog is part of my effort at "voice". You've taken "exit". What's very clear is that Labour don't want parents in state education to have either.