Any delay will be exploited by the Blob to try and roll back a decade of progress on testing, inspections, and accountability.
This is 25 times the number of skilled work permits issued each year to non-EU citizens and their dependants.
A recent ConservativeHome survey demonstrated a sharp decline in ratings for Tory politicians. How can they stop these becoming permanent?
“He still can’t work out whether he’s saying schools are not safe enough or whether we should be going back more quickly.”
We have a dominating centre and compliant Ministers. The Education Secretary was given his marching orders, and told to like them or lump them.
Getting the economy moving won’t even begin to give the Government political momentum. It will need to conduct its own Fairness Audit.
As a rule, the Conservatives are unclear about the politics of equality and identity. But there’s at least one Minister who isn’t.
It would require the willingness of exam boards to adjust their timetables. But with the will to achieve this, it could be done.
No fuel duty rises, self-employed taxes, income tax rises, more taxes on food and drink – and the like.
Not only would doing otherwise expose teachers and pupils to unacceptable risk, but the political backlash could be immense.
Enraged voters are not his target: he is zeroing in on the mass of questioning teachers and parents.
Instead of finding solutions to problems, the NEU finds problems in solutions – for example, telling its members not to engage with lessons via the internet.
Any fair-minded observer would think better of him at the end of yesterday’s press conference than he or she may have done at the beginning.
Recognise that different conditions apply in different places. Advance where we can. Build up evidence when we need to. Less haste, more speed.
This is fundamentally an issue of social justice. All children not currently in school are damaged by it, but the poorest children are damaged most.