There are two levels of PP - CLAs (Child Looked After, the current jargon for children in care or adopted) - get Pupil Premium Plus. The money is very useful, but as a parent you have to be very acti… (View Post)

Ah yes, the other thing I wanted to reply to was about SureStart. Oh yes, getting rid of SureStart was an absolutely catastrophic decision. Through being an adopter, sitting on the adoption panel, an… (View Post)

Thanks for kind comments, and glad I could provoke some thoughts. On a couple of things: yes, absolutely this applies beyond children who have been in care. There are lots of people out there whohave… (View Post)

Alternatively, people who live in Britain pay for you to leave Britain for long periods of time... (View Post)

I specifically said the internal deadline, *not* for nominations. The Greens can be a bit bureaucratic about internal organisation, so it's possible the list was sorted out long beforehand. But, I do… (View Post)