Clegg: “Every primary school pupil should be able to sit down to a hot,...
Nick Clegg’s speech to the Lib Dem conference on Wednesday will contain one new, significant policy announcement: all pupils at infant schools in England are to get free school lunches from next...
View ArticleFree school meals for infants – the controversy over Nick Clegg’s pledge...
I wrote yesterday about Sir Nick Harvey’s forecast that the next election is Labour’s to lose. But there was another issue he focused on in his Huffngton Post interview – Nick Clegg’s conference pledge...
View ArticleMarriage tax breaks: Lib Dem members oppose Conservative plans by 62% to 22%
Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Some 750 party members...
View ArticleFree school lunches for infants: 60% of Lib Dems back Nick Clegg’s policy
Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Some 750 party members...
View Article5 tables showing the best and worst places to go to school if you’re eligible...
I’ve taken a quick look at the data of how pupils did in their GCSEs according to where they live by local authority. In particular I wanted to find out how about how pupils eligible for free school...
View ArticlePoll of school leaders and governors: Don’t like Coalition’s education...
A couple of findings worth highlighting from a major survey of more than 2,000 school leaders and governors, commissioned by The Key, and carried out by polling firm Ipsos Mori. It probably won’t come...
View ArticleLaws: “99% of schools now have a plan in place to deliver universal free...
I’ll be honest. If I had the choice over where to direct £500 million a year of taxpayers’ money, universal free school meals for infants would not be top of my priority list. That said, the sheer...
View ArticleHighest ever rate of applications to university from poorer students new UCAS...
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) has just published the latest figures of students applying to university this year according to free school meal status. What they show is that a...
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