Weston-super-Mare MP John Penrose has written to Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for the Department for Education and Skills, about the effect of cuts in the number of Further Education training places on people over 25 in Weston. Challenged by Mr Penrose during oral questions last week, Alan Johnson…
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Weston-super-Mare MP John Penrose was joined by pupils from Hutton Primary School last week (Thursday, 11th June) to present his 600-name petition demanding a fairer deal for North Somerset schools to Number 10 Downing Street. The petition calls on the Government to introduce a fairer system of funding for school…
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Weston-super-Mare MP John Penrose has welcomed Government moves to increase pupil funding across North Somerset schools which return back from their summer holidays today, but has warned that they have to do “a lot more until our children get a fair deal”… John Penrose has been calling for the Government…
Read MoreMost of us will never need very much care. Or, if we do, we’ll be looked after by our families rather than by the local Council. So, for most of us, the hysteria about a ‘dementia tax’ (it’s a great press headline, but not very realistic) is rather silly, because…
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