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 …
Tag: Lord Storey
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 …
Lobbying, Lobbying and more Lobbying
Cross-party demands for registration and greater oversight of children not in school continue unabated on either side of the Christmas recess. [Stop Press: We have included at the end of this Byte …
The Truth Always Matters
The Independent Press Standards Organisation [IPSO] has upheld a complaint that Sir Iain Duncan Smith’s article in the Daily Telegraph, 27 March 2023, breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors’ Code of …
Plans for a Register Take a Step Nearer
Government minister says the Department for Education “have responded” to the Children Not in School consultation, but nothing has been published. Update: On 4 January 22, Baroness Barran wrote to Lord Soley …
Department for Education Seeks to Oversee what You Teach Your Children!
Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse hears from senior civil servant that registration of children not in school is only the first step to planned monitoring of EHE children and assessment of …