The Most Dangerous Bill Yet – 1
This is the first of a multi-part series on Labour’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which was introduced in the House of Commons on 17 December. It focuses on the next steps …
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Peers Rehearse their Arguments in Preparation for Children’s Wellbeing Bill
Debate on Lord Storey’s Private Member’s Bill highlights the ingrained attitude of politicians from all parties who believe no parent can be trusted to provide the best for their children. What’s been …
Party Manifestos and the Family
An examination of different parties’ policy statements around ‘supporting families,’ and how such proposals would play out in the early years relationships between parents and their children What’s been said? In our …
Party Manifestos and Home Education
An overview of different parties commitments re home education and other policies which undermine the role of parents in the lives of their children What’s been said? There has been a frantic …
Ex-minister says Ofsted should check on home-school parents
Tory Peer, Lord Nash, implores Bridget Phillipson to ensure Labour bring in registration and tighten up inspection and regulation of home educated families when they are in government, claiming four-fifths of parents …
Labour Plays Politics with Your Children!
When news broke that the Opposition had decided to use one of their allocated days to debate ‘Children Not in School’ registers, the fear was that they were reaching out to secure …