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PhD, policy, strategy wonk. This is my personal account. Views expressed not affiliated to any organisation. RT≠ endorsement. Not influencer, Fatfingers & typos

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@MathsladyScott They won't do it as they then lose votes. They will only go after the vulnerable who have no protection as they don't form a strong enough coalition for votes

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@worstall This government does not recognise not care for any schools that are not state funded

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@IsabelPat1886 @ISC_schools @IGMansfield 3/3- Support to community is peripheral not what parents pay for. I do not know the pressures as the environment is too hostile but there should be no shame in excellence, after all it benefits the country and society.

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@IsabelPat1886 @ISC_schools @IGMansfield 2/3- No shame in talking value the schools bring through excellent teachers, co-curricular support at no cost to state and in the process growing jobs and economy.

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@DrNShastriHurst @ISC_schools @Telegraph @AlbertTait1 The thing we miss is that wages were already depressed, inflation, Covid, Ukraine war all added to financial pressures on these schools & parents. Adding 20% on top hurt more than in normal times. People were already planning but hoping Labour in government would be prag/balanced

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@peterkyle I trust that you genuinely care about growth. Growth needs all engines to fire, it needs excellence to be nurtured. Please can you get your government to stop punishing private schools. They are an important cog in the engine of growth, help them deliver it, support not alienate

[Lucy Easthope @LucyGoBag]

The deal was that money would be immediately sunk into state sector to cope with this need. I do a lot of education events. I am really not getting the sense that this is what has happened https://t.co/Wl8M89SB1W

[Lea Cat @NoVATonschools]

A Country that used to be the envy of the world and now all we can offer is taxpayer funded toast to 1200 primary schools.

In the meantime unemployment ⬆️
taxes ⬆️
UK debt ⬆️
Mass immigration ⬆️
Societal division ⬆️
Unhappiness ⬆️

Well done on your priorities.

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@DavidMarti15168 In which world selecting and educating children on the basis of ability called 'apartheid'. What is the harm is children who are switched on get good education and are in similar cohorts which is less disruptive?

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@THemingford partly because there is too much government in the way

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@TatesOofVlogsYt In a pro growth alternative world the government would have thought, well let us spare the spoils of those that have invested in their education. Encourage those who are able to get this education to contribute more to society, share learnings but spite forces a different path

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If you read the headline you couldn't be faulted for thinking government is running a socialist Mc Donald

[Rachel Reeves @RachelReevesMP]

This is the difference this Labour government is making.

Kids starting the day full and ready to learn, no matter their background.

An achievement all Labour MPs can be proud of- and opposed by the Conservatives and Reform.

[Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst MP @DrNShastriHurst]

Jeremy Hunt is right in his new book – part of Britain's future economic prosperity depends on educational excellence and entrepreneurship. Yet this Govt is making education more expensive, entrepreneurship harder, and aspiration something to be taxed rather than rewarded. My latest Resilience Report ⬇️ https://t.co/RmSR0XDFDi

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@bphillipsonMP Spot the problem:
The Minister for school should be shouting about education, instead she touts breakfasts
The Chancellor should be chasing every opportunity for growth instead she talks about employment regulations
The Minister for Justice reform is removing Jurys...goes on

[Josh Hunt @iAmJoshHunt]

The OBR didn't miss by a rounding error. It understated borrowing by £60bn and called its own growth forecast "too optimistic."

The entire fiscal framework is anchored to a body that has just admitted it was structurally wrong. Not by a small margin either. By tens of billions.

Their fix to this? They've "adjusted the toolkit."

Optimistic forecasts don't fund themselves. That bill comes due at the next budget... and it has your name on it.

[David James @drdavidajames]

A good letter in today's Times to counter the argument that more schools are opening than closing.

[Olly @oIIyjm]

Unsurprisingly, @UKLabour's analysis of their education tax has proven to be drivel.

The 35k that they said would leave "long term" have gone in just a year.

And whilst Labour want you to believe that this only impacts the 'rich' & 'elites', the reality is so very different.

[Iain Mansfield @IGMansfield]

100%.

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@AndrewHWestern @UKLabour Specially when you might have to feed 30,000 more that you displaced from independent schools with your spiteful policies aimed at closing them and making it out of bound for the middle classes. Good luck turning schools to Keloggs. Labour does not get education nor aspiration