Showing posts with label funding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label funding. Show all posts

Sunday, 16 April 2017

PM MAY FINANCIAL DEPRIVED SCHOOLS Update 25 July, 2020


ANOTHER PROMISE
ANOTHER LIE
Update 20 July, 2020 - Now Johnson 'elected' by a coup and defeating Jeremy Corbyn, the most honest, caring for the poor, disable politician. 
7 months since all Johnson's promises are forgotten as usual. Despite of it all he still carries on with further false promises endlessly.

Update 15 Oct., 2019 -
The unelected PM Johnson has not improved it either - Now - because a General Election is looming he promised to give more Funds to Schools, NHS, Welfare and everything else. Will he or is it just another false promise as we had all the time from CONservatives  

First the NHS was financially deprived and is now on virtually collapse all in aid of privatisation; now school funds are being squeezed to the point that parents having to pay for lessons, books, even for pencils and glue; in a fifth richest country in the world.

Update 14 June, 2017 --
A new report stated that Private schools save £522million in tax due to charitable status. It means 586 out of 1,038 private schools including Eton Collage and Dulwich College pay no or hardly any tax. It is again a giving it to the rich while people have to pay tax for every penny they earn. If the private schools would be charged with the full tax, which they can easily effort, PM May would not have to squeeze the schools. It is again for the few and not for the many!
Working Parents who have been struggling already for a decade and had to make choices between heating the home or buying food. It has become that bad in the 21st century UK which is the sixth richest country in the world with biggest list of millionaires and billionaires all created in the last 15 years.

As the saying goes “The devil looks after his own disciples” and it never was more true than at the Tory’s governments. How PM May could stand up and speak of her wanting to create an “Equal Society” makes your brain spin.

Soaring costs and cut funding forces schools to ask parents to choose and what subjects their children study.

There are already statements like this:

“My children were unable to do cooking as too expensive with their other choices.”

“We have not allowed them to do music at school as they need to provide their own instruments.”

“As part of PTFA, we raise over £10K a year; even that isn’t enough to cover the new curriculum requirements.”

“Reduced school budgets have increased class sizes. Reduced the range of trips, and have increased the amount we pay for materials.”

Daily Mirror already sent a warning before that many state schools are forced to ask for payment from parents such as donations of £20 a month or more.

Over 50 per cent claimed the school had requested financial contributions.

One in 20 told how the cost of equipment affected what subjects their child chose, potentially missing IT and technology courses.

 Chris Keates, NASUWT’s general secretary said: “The Government ‘s introduction of policies which allow schools to charge for provisions has resulted in substantial financial pressures being placed on parents and carers.

“It is unacceptable that the curriculum options for young people are being determined by whether their parents can pay for books equipment or field trips.

“Some of these practices may also be unlawful.”

Are the schools on their way of endless contractors which sucking more money out and are the schools, eventually, already earmarked for privatisation like the NHS?

Yet there were £150m available for setting up Grammar Schools which are known to be only for the better-of. How does PM May or Department of Education explain that?

Well Margaret Thatcher was already planning to cut the Welfare State but was stopped by her horrified Cabinet Ministers. This will not happen today with PM May “Yes” men and Margaret Thatcher will be hopping in her grave for joy that her evil, destructive will, will be done.

The only way to stop them is the public by Voting Labour in the Council Election because the more Labour MPs the more opposition and the Blairites and Thatcherites who are in Labour causing constant troubles should be for once courageous and move over to the Tories.

Friday, 27 January 2017

PM MAY EQUAL SOCIETY BIGGEST LIE



She used the phrase "Equal Society" again in her speech in Parliament about details of Brexit on 9 Oct., 2017

PM May reassurance on 27 Jan., 2017of an Equal Society shows more and more evidence that it is another lie. They are more likely a "Rigged Society" and there is us.

Disability Benefit gets cut from £102 to £73 a week in April does not look like an Equal Society; NHS and School in cash crisis while she gives £100million to Turkey, £100billion for Trident and rising to £200bn, not even using British Steel to save their jobs, estimated £40billion for HS2 and it will  be nearer the £100billion, a white elephant, etc, etc, etc, 

PM May in all her luxury and all paid by taxpayers who, despite of working, finding it hard to make ends meet. 
The NHS and now schools are having financial deficits for far too many months and PM May being in power to eliminate it almost immediately did not only ignore it but recently denied it.

But PM May thrown all her power behind Trident nuclear project even to the extent of withholding evidence of a test failure just weeks before MPs’ vote.
She also rushed off to China to finalise the contract for China to build two Nuclear Power Station. which nobody wants, in the UK with Chinese Steel while British Steel is another victim of the Tory’s Governments.
Evidently there is no difference between David Cameron, George Osborne and Theresa May.
New News report revealed that the Treasury Dept has taken back the promised £384million fund for schools in England at the worst time when Head Teachers protesting about the financial crisis.
The fund was announced last year with a plan to change all school into academics but when it was opposed the Treasure took back the most needed cash.
Heat Teachers are outraged since schools are facing the same financial crisis as NHS but the Dept of Education stated: “The return of funds was appropriate if the project did not go ahead.” But the point against this statement is that the funds are there and since schools are already in a cash crisis why not let them have it. Is it not more likely the point?
Head Teachers are now so under pressure that they face to make a decision to either reduce teaching staff or have a four days a week schooling. 
The NHS and schools desperate situation arises in a country which is the sixth richest in the world and there are billions of pounds available for HS2 luxury train, Trident Nuclear project and bombing Syria.
Schools are earmarked for another privatisation.
The £500millon school funding was announced last year by ex-Chancellor Georg Osborne with a link to compulsory government academy policy. The plan was cancelled after a rebellion by Conservative backbenchers.
Dept of Education said the remaining £100million was spent on other education project.
Educational Secretary Justine Greening faces increasing pressure over gaps in school funding.
School leaders are at their limit and see no other way but to reduce either staff or school hours.
Of course, Dept of Education Secretary Justine Greening would insist that schools receive a record level of funding and revealed further that a new funding formula with be distributed more fairly.  You pet you last penny that it will never be issued or it will mean further cut-backs.
Justine Greening , another ‘yes’ MP is already known for doing nothing when she was under pressure by public to cut the Foreign Aid budget because people were starving in the UK. Therefore, there is not a lot of hope to improve the schools’ budgets.
However, the fact remains that even in the very well off West Sussex region; Head Teachers writing endless letters pointing out their budget shortage.