DfE pupil data is out today and shows that the number of private school pupils has dropped 5.6% since VAT was introduced.
Not 25% like the independent schools council predicted. Or the 50% we saw in some right-wing papers.
5.6%.
As is traditional, I celebrate Liberation Day by reposting my thread on the final days of Mussolini for newer followers who may not have seen it.
Buon 25 aprile a tutti!
"Fascism is not an opinion; it is a crime."
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37 years ago, 97 football fans were killed because of state incompetence. After decades fighting, we got the truth, but no accountability. Despite a police conspiracy to lie to the public inquiry, no-one was ever convicted of perverting justice. It's why need the #HillsboroughLaw now #jft97 #ynwa
Switched to Ovo a few years ago after Eon failed to pick up the phone for 40 minutes. Looking forward to the improvement in customer service as Eon now buys Ovo
Very good post from @chriscurtis94.bsky.social on why we need trams and how development could me made easier and cheaper by devolution, reconfiguring costs, and making environmental approval processes more sensible
Really clear account from @draliceevans.bsky.social of why economic growth matters to gender equality and how the stats we commonly use may not be telling us what we think
From yesterday: Earned settlement: retrospective change is wrong but prospective change is even worse | colinyeo
Treating any communication platform that algorithmically selects which content to put in front of a user as a publisher, and legally responsible for that content, is the screamingly obvious solution that will deeply upset maybe seven companies and make life considerably better.
Today's elections seen as a judgement on Keir Starmer shows our failure, over decades, to take local governance seriously. Lack of local powers + lack of local media/functioning local political conversation means why care who controls the council: might as well send a signal to national politicians
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One of the obvious problems with a under-16 social media ban is that it won't work. (60%+ of Australian under-16s are still using these platforms).
But it will make people feel like something has been done so they won't tackle the content, which is the real issue.
