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Yet another reason to VOTE LABOUR:
Theresa May accused of 'pact of silence' with Donald Trump about US threat to quit Paris climate agreement
Prime Minister 'must come out in defence of a global agreement that's our best hope to avoid full-blown climate change'
Prime Minister Theresa May with US President Donald Trump walk along The Colonnade at The White House on January 27, 2017 Getty
Theresa May has been accused of turning the UK’s special relationship with America into a “pact of silence” on climate change by refusing to speak out about the prospect of Donald Trump withdrawing the US from the Paris Agreement.
Germany, France, the European Union and China have all made clear the importance of the landmark deal, and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is believed to be planning to write to Mr Trump to that effect.
But Ms May, who held hands with the US President during her trip to Washington, has ignored requests to speak out from campaign groups including Oxfam, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, WWF, Christian Aid, Cafod and Greenpeace.
The Prime Minister’s closeness to the US President is becoming an election issue, with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accusing her of “pandering to an erratic Trump administration”.
A petition by Greenpeace calling on Ms May to speak to Mr Trump, saying “if there’s one person President Donald Trump will listen to, it’s our Prime Minister” because of her apparent good relations with him, has attracted about 150,000 signatures.
And John Sauven, Greenpeace UK’s executive director, said: “Theresa May’s Government is the only one among the world’s six largest economies to have said nothing at all about Donald Trump’s threat to pull out of the Paris Agreement.
“The much-vaunted special relationship must not be a pact of silence, but an opportunity to speak frankly.
“Theresa May must come out in defence of a global agreement that’s our best hope to avoid full-blown climate change.
“She owes it to the majority of the British public who are concerned about it; to the clean-tech businesses that are creating jobs and building our energy future; and to the next generation.
“She promised to leave our children a healthier environment, but if we don’t stop climate change her promise will be worthless.”
Calling the UK’s silence “shameful”, Caroline Lucas, co-leader of the Green Party, said: “Theresa May’s failure to challenge Donald Trump and his threat to abandon the Paris Agreement flatly contradicts her claim that she will act to create a healthier environment.
“Failure to act on climate change is not only a betrayal of the vast majority who want to see urgent action, but it also undermines the jobs and the businesses which depend on our shifting to a more sustainable economy.”
In a submission to the United Nations, the EU noted the US would not meet its emissions reduction target for 2020 and asked bluntly: “Please could the US provide additional information on how it believes its future implementation of actions will ensure it achieves its targets?”
31 scientific bodies tell US Congress: Climate change is real
China made similar comments while the UK simply asked for further details about the effect of recent policy announcement.
Emmanuel Macron told Mr Trump that he would “protect what was made in Paris”, the French President-elect’s spokeswoman Laurence Haïm told CNN.
And Germany’s Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has also told US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of the importance of the US staying a signatory to the Paris Agreement.
Mr Tillerson, former head of fossil fuel giant Exxon, is believed to be among those in the Trump administration arguing that the US should not withdraw, along with the President’s daughter and assistant, Ivanka Trump, and Defence Secretary James Mattis.
Theresa May accused of 'pact of silence' with Donald Trump about US threat to quit Paris climate agreement
Prime Minister 'must come out in defence of a global agreement that's our best hope to avoid full-blown climate change'
- Ian Johnston Environment Correspondent
Prime Minister Theresa May with US President Donald Trump walk along The Colonnade at The White House on January 27, 2017 Getty
Theresa May has been accused of turning the UK’s special relationship with America into a “pact of silence” on climate change by refusing to speak out about the prospect of Donald Trump withdrawing the US from the Paris Agreement.
Germany, France, the European Union and China have all made clear the importance of the landmark deal, and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is believed to be planning to write to Mr Trump to that effect.
But Ms May, who held hands with the US President during her trip to Washington, has ignored requests to speak out from campaign groups including Oxfam, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, WWF, Christian Aid, Cafod and Greenpeace.
The Prime Minister’s closeness to the US President is becoming an election issue, with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accusing her of “pandering to an erratic Trump administration”.
A petition by Greenpeace calling on Ms May to speak to Mr Trump, saying “if there’s one person President Donald Trump will listen to, it’s our Prime Minister” because of her apparent good relations with him, has attracted about 150,000 signatures.
And John Sauven, Greenpeace UK’s executive director, said: “Theresa May’s Government is the only one among the world’s six largest economies to have said nothing at all about Donald Trump’s threat to pull out of the Paris Agreement.
“The much-vaunted special relationship must not be a pact of silence, but an opportunity to speak frankly.
“Theresa May must come out in defence of a global agreement that’s our best hope to avoid full-blown climate change.
“She owes it to the majority of the British public who are concerned about it; to the clean-tech businesses that are creating jobs and building our energy future; and to the next generation.
“She promised to leave our children a healthier environment, but if we don’t stop climate change her promise will be worthless.”
Calling the UK’s silence “shameful”, Caroline Lucas, co-leader of the Green Party, said: “Theresa May’s failure to challenge Donald Trump and his threat to abandon the Paris Agreement flatly contradicts her claim that she will act to create a healthier environment.
“Failure to act on climate change is not only a betrayal of the vast majority who want to see urgent action, but it also undermines the jobs and the businesses which depend on our shifting to a more sustainable economy.”
In a submission to the United Nations, the EU noted the US would not meet its emissions reduction target for 2020 and asked bluntly: “Please could the US provide additional information on how it believes its future implementation of actions will ensure it achieves its targets?”
31 scientific bodies tell US Congress: Climate change is real
China made similar comments while the UK simply asked for further details about the effect of recent policy announcement.
Emmanuel Macron told Mr Trump that he would “protect what was made in Paris”, the French President-elect’s spokeswoman Laurence Haïm told CNN.
And Germany’s Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has also told US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of the importance of the US staying a signatory to the Paris Agreement.
Mr Tillerson, former head of fossil fuel giant Exxon, is believed to be among those in the Trump administration arguing that the US should not withdraw, along with the President’s daughter and assistant, Ivanka Trump, and Defence Secretary James Mattis.
Clint Planet
Utter Cad.
Grammar Schools are the crappest of crappy ideas.
The 'strong and stable' Tories are having an absolute mare so far. They are announcing things like the latest 'house building' and there is no explanation about how it will be financed and it is not costed. Something the Labour party would not be able to get away with from the BBC's Tory cheerleaders Laura Kuennsberg or Nick Robinson.
At least, we can all be reassured that if they get elected, there will be a massive Grammar school building programme - not costed - and bring back fox hunting.
At least, we can all be reassured that if they get elected, there will be a massive Grammar school building programme - not costed - and bring back fox hunting.
I'd rather let schools select based on academic ability than ability to pay 20 grand a year plus brown envelopes.
Clint Planet
Utter Cad.
An old story but still hugely relevant:
Exclusive: Chancellor Philip Hammond took personal stake in food technology company months before it won share of £560,000 Government contract
Philip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has a 15 per cent stake in a food tech company called Hydramach CREDIT: JANE BARLOW/ JANE BARLOW
Philip Hammond took a personal stake in a food technology company just months before it won a share of a £560,000 Government grant and he became Chancellor, The Telegraph can disclose.
Mr Hammond, when he was Foreign Secretary, took the 15 per cent stake in Cambridgeshire-based Hydramach in October 2015, according to records at Companies House.
Months later – in April 2016 – Hydramach was one of eight companies which won the grant to develop low fat and low sugar soups, ready meals and sauces from Innovate UK, a tech start up quango run by the Department for Business.
Last night a former standards watchdog said Mr Hammond’s failure to make public his shareholding was “a serious failure” because “there is clearly a potential conflict of interest”.
Hydramach has now withdrawn from the consortium. However the first instalment of the money from the grant is due to be paid to the consortium – which includes J Sainsbury and the University of Chester – on February 1.
The project’s title was “reduced fat and salt in soups, sauces and ready meals by utilisation of novel procedures to create novel micro-structures”.
A project description, provided by the eight organisations in the consortium and published by Innovate in the UK in April 2016, describes how the work “will help to facilitate progress on some key government initiatives outlined in the Public Health Responsibility Deal”.
Philip Hammond, the Chancellor CREDIT: REUTERS/JANE BARLOW
Details of Mr Hammond’s investment were only made public eight months later in December 2016 edition of the register of ministerial interests.
At the time of his investment Mr Hammond was foreign secretary. He did not to declare them in December 2015’s register.
The fact that Mr Hammond took a direct stake in a company when he was a Cabinet minister with the possibility of receiving advance knowledge of Government plans for start-up companies will inevitably raise eyebrows.
It is highly unusual for serving Cabinet ministers to take direct stakes in private companies.
Last night Mr Hammond's friends said Hydramach had pulled out of the consortium after winning the contract.
A source said Mr Hammond “didn’t know that the company had entered the assessment stage as part of this consortium, until after the assessment phase was complete.
“Mr Hammond has no involvement in his capacity as Chancellor in the process of awarding Innovate UK grants.”
Innovate UK sources said: "Hydramach was certainly part of the successful consortium." The source declined to say if Hydramach remained in the consortium.
Last night, Mr Hobbs, Hydramach's director, told The Daily Telegraph: “Hydramach withdrew from the proposed consortium and declined to enter into the agreement with Innovate UK and therefore Hydramach has not received nor will receive or benefit in any way from any grant paid to the other members of the consortium led by Sainsbury
Hydramach, based in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, was set up by Sean Butler, 61, a university teacher, and Richard Hobbs, 49, an engineer, in October 2014. The pair had equal 50 per cent stakes in the company.
Mr Hammond took his 15 per cent stake along with four other shareholders – diluting Mr Butler’s and Mr Hobbs’ stake – 12 months later in October 2015.
Mr Hammond has a well-publicised experience as an entrepreneur, buying and selling Ford cars from the Dagenham plant near his home and drove one himself as a student at Oxford University, and running a series of companies in the 1980s and 1990s.
His sole entry in the most recent House of Commons’ MPs’ register which makes reference to the fact that he is “a beneficiary of a trust which owns a controlling interest in Castlemead Ltd, a company engaged in construction, house building and property development”.
The Daily Telegraph has established that Mr Hammond took such a close interest in the company that he met with other shareholders at company events.
The company was £15,340 in debt according to the only set of accounts lodged at Companies House, for the year to October 31, 2015.
No one was available to speak to The Telegraph at the company’s offices on Thursday. A worker in a nearby office said the team were in Buxton, Derbyshire.
Since Mr Hammond became Chancellor – and before the stake was made public – he has spoken up for technology companies in general without declaring his interest.
In the Autumn statement, Mr Hammond unveiled plans to give £400million to small tech companies that are looking to “scale up”.
Alistair Graham CREDIT: NONE/NONE
Sir Alistair Graham, the Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life from 2003 until 2007, told The Daily Telegraph: “I am really surprised that someone of his seniority and experience has not seen fit to declare publicly all of his shareholdings because it leaves him open to challenge of a potential conflict of interest.
“It certainly raises a very big question-mark – somebody like the Chancellor of the Exchequer really can't afford to be seen to be in such a position.
"Most people probably thought he was very straight in these matters and would have been concerned to be seen to abide by the spirit of the rules. It is a failure of leadership that he hasn’t.”
However a spokesman for Mr Hammond said: “The shareholding has been fully declared to the Director General for Propriety and Ethics [Sue Gray] at the Cabinet Office and the independent adviser on Ministers' interests [Alex Allan] who were content with the arrangements”.
He added: “Hydramach initially joined the consortium, but later withdrew its participation and did not bid for, or receive any research funding. Mr Hammond does not have any day to day involvement in the company.”
An aide to Mr Hammond added: “He declared his shareholding as part of the usual Ministerial interests process - as set out in the Ministerial Code - whilst Foreign Secretary.
“It wasn't published in the List of Ministers' Interests whilst he was Foreign Secretary because it wasn't considered to be relevant to his role at that time.
“It wasn't declared in his House of Commons’ register because it didn't meet their threshold for declaration.”
A spokesman for Mr Hammond was unable to provide a date for Mr Hammond's declaration of the interest, but indicated that it was made while he was Foreign Secretary and that it was the decision of the Cabinet Office not to publish it on the basis that it was not relevant to his role.
Vote for the Tories and you're voting for crooks.
Exclusive: Chancellor Philip Hammond took personal stake in food technology company months before it won share of £560,000 Government contract
Philip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has a 15 per cent stake in a food tech company called Hydramach CREDIT: JANE BARLOW/ JANE BARLOW
- Christopher Hope, chief political correspondent
Philip Hammond took a personal stake in a food technology company just months before it won a share of a £560,000 Government grant and he became Chancellor, The Telegraph can disclose.
Mr Hammond, when he was Foreign Secretary, took the 15 per cent stake in Cambridgeshire-based Hydramach in October 2015, according to records at Companies House.
Months later – in April 2016 – Hydramach was one of eight companies which won the grant to develop low fat and low sugar soups, ready meals and sauces from Innovate UK, a tech start up quango run by the Department for Business.
Last night a former standards watchdog said Mr Hammond’s failure to make public his shareholding was “a serious failure” because “there is clearly a potential conflict of interest”.
Hydramach has now withdrawn from the consortium. However the first instalment of the money from the grant is due to be paid to the consortium – which includes J Sainsbury and the University of Chester – on February 1.
The project’s title was “reduced fat and salt in soups, sauces and ready meals by utilisation of novel procedures to create novel micro-structures”.
A project description, provided by the eight organisations in the consortium and published by Innovate in the UK in April 2016, describes how the work “will help to facilitate progress on some key government initiatives outlined in the Public Health Responsibility Deal”.
Philip Hammond, the Chancellor CREDIT: REUTERS/JANE BARLOW
Details of Mr Hammond’s investment were only made public eight months later in December 2016 edition of the register of ministerial interests.
At the time of his investment Mr Hammond was foreign secretary. He did not to declare them in December 2015’s register.
The fact that Mr Hammond took a direct stake in a company when he was a Cabinet minister with the possibility of receiving advance knowledge of Government plans for start-up companies will inevitably raise eyebrows.
It is highly unusual for serving Cabinet ministers to take direct stakes in private companies.
Last night Mr Hammond's friends said Hydramach had pulled out of the consortium after winning the contract.
A source said Mr Hammond “didn’t know that the company had entered the assessment stage as part of this consortium, until after the assessment phase was complete.
“Mr Hammond has no involvement in his capacity as Chancellor in the process of awarding Innovate UK grants.”
Innovate UK sources said: "Hydramach was certainly part of the successful consortium." The source declined to say if Hydramach remained in the consortium.
Last night, Mr Hobbs, Hydramach's director, told The Daily Telegraph: “Hydramach withdrew from the proposed consortium and declined to enter into the agreement with Innovate UK and therefore Hydramach has not received nor will receive or benefit in any way from any grant paid to the other members of the consortium led by Sainsbury
Hydramach, based in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, was set up by Sean Butler, 61, a university teacher, and Richard Hobbs, 49, an engineer, in October 2014. The pair had equal 50 per cent stakes in the company.
Mr Hammond took his 15 per cent stake along with four other shareholders – diluting Mr Butler’s and Mr Hobbs’ stake – 12 months later in October 2015.
Mr Hammond has a well-publicised experience as an entrepreneur, buying and selling Ford cars from the Dagenham plant near his home and drove one himself as a student at Oxford University, and running a series of companies in the 1980s and 1990s.
His sole entry in the most recent House of Commons’ MPs’ register which makes reference to the fact that he is “a beneficiary of a trust which owns a controlling interest in Castlemead Ltd, a company engaged in construction, house building and property development”.
The Daily Telegraph has established that Mr Hammond took such a close interest in the company that he met with other shareholders at company events.
The company was £15,340 in debt according to the only set of accounts lodged at Companies House, for the year to October 31, 2015.
No one was available to speak to The Telegraph at the company’s offices on Thursday. A worker in a nearby office said the team were in Buxton, Derbyshire.
Since Mr Hammond became Chancellor – and before the stake was made public – he has spoken up for technology companies in general without declaring his interest.
In the Autumn statement, Mr Hammond unveiled plans to give £400million to small tech companies that are looking to “scale up”.
Alistair Graham CREDIT: NONE/NONE
Sir Alistair Graham, the Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life from 2003 until 2007, told The Daily Telegraph: “I am really surprised that someone of his seniority and experience has not seen fit to declare publicly all of his shareholdings because it leaves him open to challenge of a potential conflict of interest.
“It certainly raises a very big question-mark – somebody like the Chancellor of the Exchequer really can't afford to be seen to be in such a position.
"Most people probably thought he was very straight in these matters and would have been concerned to be seen to abide by the spirit of the rules. It is a failure of leadership that he hasn’t.”
However a spokesman for Mr Hammond said: “The shareholding has been fully declared to the Director General for Propriety and Ethics [Sue Gray] at the Cabinet Office and the independent adviser on Ministers' interests [Alex Allan] who were content with the arrangements”.
He added: “Hydramach initially joined the consortium, but later withdrew its participation and did not bid for, or receive any research funding. Mr Hammond does not have any day to day involvement in the company.”
An aide to Mr Hammond added: “He declared his shareholding as part of the usual Ministerial interests process - as set out in the Ministerial Code - whilst Foreign Secretary.
“It wasn't published in the List of Ministers' Interests whilst he was Foreign Secretary because it wasn't considered to be relevant to his role at that time.
“It wasn't declared in his House of Commons’ register because it didn't meet their threshold for declaration.”
A spokesman for Mr Hammond was unable to provide a date for Mr Hammond's declaration of the interest, but indicated that it was made while he was Foreign Secretary and that it was the decision of the Cabinet Office not to publish it on the basis that it was not relevant to his role.
Vote for the Tories and you're voting for crooks.
An old story but still hugely relevant:
Exclusive: Chancellor Philip Hammond took personal stake in food technology company months before it won share of £560,000 Government contract
Philip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has a 15 per cent stake in a food tech company called Hydramach CREDIT: JANE BARLOW/ JANE BARLOW
11 JANUARY 2017 • 10:00PM
- Christopher Hope, chief political correspondent
Philip Hammond took a personal stake in a food technology company just months before it won a share of a £560,000 Government grant and he became Chancellor, The Telegraph can disclose.
Mr Hammond, when he was Foreign Secretary, took the 15 per cent stake in Cambridgeshire-based Hydramach in October 2015, according to records at Companies House.
Months later – in April 2016 – Hydramach was one of eight companies which won the grant to develop low fat and low sugar soups, ready meals and sauces from Innovate UK, a tech start up quango run by the Department for Business.
Last night a former standards watchdog said Mr Hammond’s failure to make public his shareholding was “a serious failure” because “there is clearly a potential conflict of interest”.
Hydramach has now withdrawn from the consortium. However the first instalment of the money from the grant is due to be paid to the consortium – which includes J Sainsbury and the University of Chester – on February 1.
The project’s title was “reduced fat and salt in soups, sauces and ready meals by utilisation of novel procedures to create novel micro-structures”.
A project description, provided by the eight organisations in the consortium and published by Innovate in the UK in April 2016, describes how the work “will help to facilitate progress on some key government initiatives outlined in the Public Health Responsibility Deal”.
Philip Hammond, the Chancellor CREDIT: REUTERS/JANE BARLOW
Details of Mr Hammond’s investment were only made public eight months later in December 2016 edition of the register of ministerial interests.
At the time of his investment Mr Hammond was foreign secretary. He did not to declare them in December 2015’s register.
The fact that Mr Hammond took a direct stake in a company when he was a Cabinet minister with the possibility of receiving advance knowledge of Government plans for start-up companies will inevitably raise eyebrows.
It is highly unusual for serving Cabinet ministers to take direct stakes in private companies.
Last night Mr Hammond's friends said Hydramach had pulled out of the consortium after winning the contract.
A source said Mr Hammond “didn’t know that the company had entered the assessment stage as part of this consortium, until after the assessment phase was complete.
“Mr Hammond has no involvement in his capacity as Chancellor in the process of awarding Innovate UK grants.”
Innovate UK sources said: "Hydramach was certainly part of the successful consortium." The source declined to say if Hydramach remained in the consortium.
Last night, Mr Hobbs, Hydramach's director, told The Daily Telegraph: “Hydramach withdrew from the proposed consortium and declined to enter into the agreement with Innovate UK and therefore Hydramach has not received nor will receive or benefit in any way from any grant paid to the other members of the consortium led by Sainsbury
Hydramach, based in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, was set up by Sean Butler, 61, a university teacher, and Richard Hobbs, 49, an engineer, in October 2014. The pair had equal 50 per cent stakes in the company.
Mr Hammond took his 15 per cent stake along with four other shareholders – diluting Mr Butler’s and Mr Hobbs’ stake – 12 months later in October 2015.
Mr Hammond has a well-publicised experience as an entrepreneur, buying and selling Ford cars from the Dagenham plant near his home and drove one himself as a student at Oxford University, and running a series of companies in the 1980s and 1990s.
His sole entry in the most recent House of Commons’ MPs’ register which makes reference to the fact that he is “a beneficiary of a trust which owns a controlling interest in Castlemead Ltd, a company engaged in construction, house building and property development”.
The Daily Telegraph has established that Mr Hammond took such a close interest in the company that he met with other shareholders at company events.
The company was £15,340 in debt according to the only set of accounts lodged at Companies House, for the year to October 31, 2015.
No one was available to speak to The Telegraph at the company’s offices on Thursday. A worker in a nearby office said the team were in Buxton, Derbyshire.
Since Mr Hammond became Chancellor – and before the stake was made public – he has spoken up for technology companies in general without declaring his interest.
In the Autumn statement, Mr Hammond unveiled plans to give £400million to small tech companies that are looking to “scale up”.
Alistair Graham CREDIT: NONE/NONE
Sir Alistair Graham, the Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life from 2003 until 2007, told The Daily Telegraph: “I am really surprised that someone of his seniority and experience has not seen fit to declare publicly all of his shareholdings because it leaves him open to challenge of a potential conflict of interest.
“It certainly raises a very big question-mark – somebody like the Chancellor of the Exchequer really can't afford to be seen to be in such a position.
"Most people probably thought he was very straight in these matters and would have been concerned to be seen to abide by the spirit of the rules. It is a failure of leadership that he hasn’t.”
However a spokesman for Mr Hammond said: “The shareholding has been fully declared to the Director General for Propriety and Ethics [Sue Gray] at the Cabinet Office and the independent adviser on Ministers' interests [Alex Allan] who were content with the arrangements”.
He added: “Hydramach initially joined the consortium, but later withdrew its participation and did not bid for, or receive any research funding. Mr Hammond does not have any day to day involvement in the company.”
An aide to Mr Hammond added: “He declared his shareholding as part of the usual Ministerial interests process - as set out in the Ministerial Code - whilst Foreign Secretary.
“It wasn't published in the List of Ministers' Interests whilst he was Foreign Secretary because it wasn't considered to be relevant to his role at that time.
“It wasn't declared in his House of Commons’ register because it didn't meet their threshold for declaration.”
A spokesman for Mr Hammond was unable to provide a date for Mr Hammond's declaration of the interest, but indicated that it was made while he was Foreign Secretary and that it was the decision of the Cabinet Office not to publish it on the basis that it was not relevant to his role.
Vote for the Tories and you're voting for crooks.
The Tories seem to have a big problem declaring things. Like declaring their strong and stable 'battle bus'. At the moment the Tories are getting a free ride with their sleaze and dodgy accounting but that is not surprising.
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Why's that Clint.......
Jib in lad
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Nice on Emily.
Clint Planet
Utter Cad.
Thornbury was superb against the Tories' number one attack dog.
Meanwhile, if you want to cut through the "record spending levels" spin and see what is happening to your local schools right now, go to this website and type in their addresses or postcodes....
http://schoolcuts.org.uk/#!/schools?postcode=N9 7pe
Meanwhile, if you want to cut through the "record spending levels" spin and see what is happening to your local schools right now, go to this website and type in their addresses or postcodes....
http://schoolcuts.org.uk/#!/schools?postcode=N9 7pe
Clint Planet
Utter Cad.
My school is set to lose £500 per pupil per year.
That website is horrific. Essential reading for anyone with school-age kids.
Out canvassing today, people are a lot more positive toward the leadership and the party as a whole than they were for the local council/town elections.
Stranger things have happened.
Stranger things have happened.
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