About Me
Councillor Andy Coles, Fletton and Woodston
■ I was elected as Peterborough City Councillor in Fletton and Woodston in May this year. Last year I stood in Bretton South, and won that ward from an Independent Councillor, the only swing to the Conservatives that year in the Peterborough Constituency. In August 2015 I took over responsibility for Children’s Services as lead member. In 2016 I…
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Interesting review of Labour’s new policy to provide free school meals to all primary school children between Angela Rayner, shadow education secretary and Sir Michael Wilshaw, former Chief Inspector of schools. A lib dem policy is retreaded to take money from parents who can afford to pay for their own child (as well as paying for state education as a proportion of their taxes) and giving it to families regardless of ability to pay. If you are going to produce a truly “progressive Socialist policy”, and increase the tax burden on wealthier families, why not look at those children identified as genuinely needing additional support and focus on them. The Pupil Premium is targeted to close the attainment gap for children in difficult circumstances and is carefully monitored by Ofsted to ensure the money is spent on this particular group. Punishing those parents who choose to spend significant additional sums on their children’s education, only to throw it at all children in state primary schools, regardless of need is hardly evidence-based. The independent schools sector say the sums behind this policy don’t add up. This feels like the politics of envy.
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Drug Den Danger on the Riverbank
The brilliant volunteers of Woodston proved that together we can make our environment…
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I’ve enjoyed a good week of making connections and getting the right people talking together. There are times when your position of Councillor allows good people to support each other in making the local area a much better place.
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