Perhaps so and perhaps not. But the current systems, whether comprehensive or grammar, are certainly failing many. Especially among those lower down the socioeconomic scale. (View Post)

That the issue of poor but clever kids in deprived areas in different to poor and dim kids in posh areas. And that grammar schools may be of increasing use the more deprived an area is but may have i… (View Post)

I'm not sure that the top 25% in the most deprived areas are going to do fine. So I can see the point of grammar schools in the likes of Knowsley or Hull. (View Post)

So is Cyclefree simultaneously asking for financial help re energy costs to be concentrated on the poorest while also asking for the VAT reduction which would also benefit the richest ? (View Post)

It seems the penalties for slave exploitation aren't too high in Cumbria: A modern slaver whose disabled victim was exploited for 40 years has been given a suspended prison sentence. Peter Swail… (View Post)