Re: Thursday 14th June 2018
Posted: Thu 14 Jun, 2018 4:14 pm
Wait...the line was, 'All you Labour PM's fall in the love with the Queen'
As table 4 overleaf illustrates, the overwhelming amount of money spent by schools is on staff costs. The biggest item of expenditure of schools in England was teaching staff costs, with schools spending an average of £783,326 last year. This is more than 11 times the amount spent on learning resources for children.12 This is significant for a number of reasons. It highlights the fact that pay for salary is the biggest item of expenditure for schools in England. It also reveals just how much more is being spent by schools on teaching staff costs than on educational resources for children.
Yeah, who needs a school office anyway?The third largest item of expenditure is on administrative and clerical staff. Schools in England, therefore, spent on average £86,825 on staff who have limited contact with children.18 This is money which could have been spent on educational resources for pupils.
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You wouldn't expect lawyers in general to be anything but Conservative but this govt seems bent on turning them off in droves, judging by my twitter feed. See also legal aid, shambolic court system, housing, immigration, etc.Commenting on the case, Tessa Gregory a partner at Leigh Day, who represented both claimants, said:
“This is the first legal test of the roll out of Universal Credit and the system has been found to be unlawfully discriminating against some of society’s most vulnerable.........................................
“Today’s decision shows again that Universal Credit is not delivering what was promised at the outset. It is not working. It’s not working for the disabled, it’s not working for parents, it’s not working for low-income and part-time employees and it’s not working for the self-employed.
“The government needs to halt the rollout and completely overhaul the system to meet peoples’ needs, not condemn them to destitution. If this doesn’t happen further legal challenges will inevitably follow.”
Anyone becoming severely disabled after the introduction of UC won't be entitled to 'transitional protection' and will just have to suck it up, I assume.frog222 wrote:First legal challenge against Universal Credit finds Government acted unlawfullyHindleA wrote:https://www.leighday.co.uk/News/News-20 ... Credit-fin
"" Prior to moving, both TP and AR were in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium (SDP) and Enhanced Disability Premium (EDP), which were specifically aimed at meeting the additional care needs of severely disabled people living alone with no carer.
Recently released figures from the DWP suggest that 500,000 individuals are in receipt of the SDP . Both the SDP and EDP have been axed and are not available under Universal Credit.
When they moved both TP and AR were required to make a claim for Universal Credit as they moved into local authorities where the controversial new benefit was being rolled out. According to both the men, they were advised by DWP staff that their benefit entitlement would not change.""
It is therefore clear that schools in England are spending vast amounts of money on staff costs and other items of expenditure. Although some of this is essential, questions should be asked whether the vast majority of it is essential and represents good value for money, especially when one considers that this money could be spent on educational resources for pupils.
No-one can resist a Huddersfield ladAnatolyKasparov wrote:Apropos of not much in particular, apparently one of the PMs that Brenda got on best with back in the day was Harold Wilson.
Where's Robert Peston when you need him . . . ?PaulfromYorkshire wrote:@bbclaurak
Remainers rejecting govt's compromise-Grieve says govt amendment is 'unacceptable' - govt has indeed made it unamendable which means they could theoretically turn it into a confidence vote - Grieve says it was 'inexplicably changed' at last minute, and was not agreed by him
Rebel peers are awaiting the outcome of talks between Conservative MPs and the government over a meaningful parliamentary Brexit vote on Thursday, as they weigh up whether to force the issue in the House of Lords next week.
Lord Hailsham – the former Tory cabinet minister Douglas Hogg – is poised to table his amendment, strengthening the hand of parliament in the event that Brexit talks break down, if Commons rebel leader Dominic Grieve is not satisfied with the compromise offered by the government.
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A City firm co-founded by the influential Conservative backbencher, Jacob Rees-Mogg, has set up an investment fund in Ireland and is warning prospective clients about the financial dangers of the sort of hard Brexit favoured by the Tory MP.
I suspect Willow that trying to analyse the current situation as though it involves rational actors may be misguidedWillow904 wrote:Was May trying to turn the meaningful vote amendment, which she knew she would lose as an ordinary amendment, into a confidence vote making it much harder for the Tory remainers to rebel?
Have just watched Iron Sky.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Sarah Wollaston MP
@sarahwollaston
Ah ha, so just to be clear we are now going to have to amend the ‘unamendable’ after the agreed amendable amendment acquired a sneaky sting in the tail. What a time to be alive...
Kelly's Heroes - the bridge scene (again).tinyclanger2 wrote:Have just watched Iron Sky.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Sarah Wollaston MP
@sarahwollaston
Ah ha, so just to be clear we are now going to have to amend the ‘unamendable’ after the agreed amendable amendment acquired a sneaky sting in the tail. What a time to be alive...
Not sure why.
But anyway, it felt quite plausible.
Sorry about the source!citizenJA wrote:How long do these weekly chats last between qe2 and the PM, please? Anyone know?
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/37 ... M-revealed" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;The audience can be no more than an informal briefing – a courtesy where the PM brings the sovereign up to speed with what happened in the past week and what is expected in the following one – or it can be a great deal more. Some sessions last barely 20 minutes with no refreshment, others stretch to an hour or two with drinks.
Arron Banks says Brexit is exhausting and may leave politics
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“We’re still very friendly with the DUP and I still think [Nigel] Farage to enter parliament via the DUP is a viable option, they love him over there,” said Banks.
Banks, who said he would be taking a long break over the summer, concluded: “This Brexit stuff is all getting very tedious.”
New York files lawsuit against Trump and his charity over 'persistently illegal conduct'
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