Tag Archives: Joe Lepper

Government tackling cost of childcare – simply not true?

Posted on August 9, 2023 by ianchisnall

On the 7th of July the Government published a piece which is entitled Free childcare: How we are tackling the cost of childcare and that piece is available from here and it began with the claim that England has some … Continue reading →

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Councils assisting children in Education, Health and Care

Posted on January 6, 2023 by ianchisnall

Yesterday the “Children and Young People Now” website submitted a piece from here written by Joe Lepper which is titled COUNCIL LEGALLY DEFINES CHILDREN WITH EHCPS IN RESIDENTIAL CARE AS LOOKED AFTER and the reference to EHCPS was explained in … Continue reading →

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Two very disturbing education news pieces yesterday

Posted on November 11, 2022 by ianchisnall

Both of these pieces of news require our Government to respond to. As it happens the two most senior Ministers on these themes are based in Sussex. They are Gillian Keegan and Nick Gibb that are bost MPs in West … Continue reading →

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DfE is lower than Scotland and far below Welsh support

Posted on August 23, 2022 by ianchisnall

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has called for the Government to assist early years providers. This is for them to enable their nurseries to be kept open and for costs to be kept down for parents as inflation reaches … Continue reading →

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What has Sajid Javid done since he received this letter?

Posted on June 1, 2022 by ianchisnall

A letter was written by the NSPCC back on the 16th of May and it was signed by 25 Organisations most of which are charities along with 14 MPs. The information about the letter was published in a number of … Continue reading →

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Gavin Williamson appears to be deeply out of touch

Posted on October 15, 2020 by ianchisnall

An article in yesterdays Children and Young People Now magazine, written by Joe Lepper explains that Gavin Williamson, the Secretary of State for Education is referring to the challenge that according to his Departments data there are currently 2,400 children … Continue reading →

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