To really dislike Bridget Phillipson?

Exactly. These private school parents don’t seem to be able to seem past the end of their own noses!!

I think you are focussing on the wrong thing. To me it’s more a question of why these parents of three Sen children felt they had no choice but to send their children to private school for the last however many years.

the way schools are funded for Sen, overall funding to schools and the way schools are graded has given an incentive to schools to get rid of or not accept in the first place children with Sen over the last 10 plus years.

in very simple terms children aren’t supported in mainstream, their needs worsen they end in specialist, there’s been an explosion in indepdent specialists as the state specialist sector can’t meet demand. fees in indepdent Specialists are £50k-£100k per child which are paid by the council plus transport which often doubles the cost. these are the costs that are bankrupting councils. For many of these children if funds had been used earlier on to support in mainstream they may still be in mainstream. There’s also the issue of the focus on academia over anything else over last 10-15 years which has made the issue worse.

we are where we are now, this issue has build up over 10-15 years with cuts of support at the lower end, there is no quick fix for older children damage has been done.

i don’t particularly agree with vat on school fees but what is really riling me at the minute is people using Sen as it’s suits their cause when they haven’t given a shit about Sen children or Sen funding for the last 15 years as it didn’t effect them. I do sympathise with parents with children with Sen who are having to pull their children out of independents but where were the people supporting them when they had to make the decision to send them there in first place. I’ve seen more threads on Mumsnet over the last six months about Sen in relation to school fees than I have about Sen funding in total over the last 10 years.

also not sure if it’s been mentioned as not got time to read full thread but the ehcp won’t mean they save vat as vat is still charged for children with ehcps.

I’m not sure if you realise, but any tax rises affect all of us, not just those who didn’t vote Labour.

Much of what you assert is valid.

There is a material distinction however.

Labour were evasive during campaigning and disingenuous since. They are clearly content to
pander to the unions and will be unable to fund commitments without tax raids or increasing debt.

Playing a difficult hand badly springs to
mind.

I hope that Kemi gets the nod just to see her take Starmer apart.

You will not see 14 years of a Labour Govt., especially if they alienate their core with a fresh bout of austerity.

Sunak, for his faults, persistently called out Starmer during campaigning.

And this is Labour's fault how, exactly?

We've just had 14 years of Conservative government, and sorry to be blunt but they have done a shit job of boosting growth and productivity.

The UK is also grappling with the issues facing all developed countries worldwide - aging populations, the aftermath of covid, the need to fund decarbonization and the end of the "peace dividend" as more and more money has to be spent on security. Those things aren't the fault of Labour either.

I just heard employer NIC floated on R4

We had 14 years of your “living nightmare”, it’s your turn now.

It’ll be interesting where she will get it from because she’s ruled out income tax/NIC/VAT rises. Unless of course she breaks this pre election pledge.

Meanwhile, this living nightmare of Labour continues.

‘Rachel Reeves must raise taxes by as much as £25bn in order to ensure Britain does not return to austerity, the IFS has warned’.

Great post.

lLt me correct that for you. I'm not obsessed with penises but I'm pretty concerned that we have a Minister who believes some women have a penis.
That means that she believes that men (for that is what transwomen are) should be allowed into women's spaces, sports and take women's awards.
She firmly believes this

I infer from your silly sneering tone that you are either a transwoman (man) or a woman who has-like the Minister has-not got the brains to think it through.

All women should be concerned about this and when any poster comes onto a board to sneer at women for being concerned that magical thinking will filter even more quickly into society, needs to take themselves away by the hand-or the prick as they probably have one.

That is why I dislike Bridget Phillipson and why I believe she is a danger to the young.

End of.

Fucking hell
Some MN posters really can drag ‘trans’ into anything. Even a debate on whether or not businesses should pay proper tax. It’s a skill,
a niche one, but a skill all the same…

I’m not sure he could read, actually… WC kids who get into Oxbridge… still pretty hard now, 20 odd years ago even harder.

Not obsessed with penises. but quite interested in biological reality and the fucking numpties who deny it for their own political advantage. To the detriment if the truly vulnerable. Because the only people who do so are self serving liars who cannot be trusted. At All.

Why are you obsessed with penises? It's not healthy.

Oh look, what’s this?

Bridget Phillipson accused of hypocrisy after playing hockey on private school pitch.

Education Secretary claimed students don’t ‘need’ astroturf…

DJ has some unresolved issues with anything PS related.

FYI.

I don’t care where they went to school as long as they do a decent job. It’s you who have a problem with where people went to school. The worst prime minister that we’ve had in recent years went to a Yorkshire comp but I don’t hold that against everyone who went to a Yorkshire comp.

How will you be subsidising private school parents by paying more tax? You are talking nonsense.

I understand how the tax system works perfectly well thank you. It’s you who seem to be confused about subsidies.

I don't care if she went to Oxford or Gas Street Comp-she doesn't realise that only men have a penis.
It's written down in lots of places, so she is either wilfully ignorant or illiterate.
Any woman who thinks women have a penis is stupid. There is the cap, Biddy, put it on-the big white one with Dunce written on it.

Williamson was/is a tool - no debate there.

Well she went to Oxford, so she probably can read a bit. I bet you miss Gavin Williamson as Secretary of State for Education. He was an incompetent bully which sounds right up your street.

Pure guesswork.

The markets disagree with you.

Oh and here’s another one you will like.
These brainiacs schedule a FID meeting before the budget, and guess what - a number of high profiles have declined.