Usually the annual costs of placements at children’s homes owned by local authorities are higher than independent ones. Why should children in mainstream schools should be placed in institutional residential care rather than with foster carers, or better still adoption?
Labour gained a seat from the Conservatives in North Ayrshire.
For the strongly Conservative territory of Bexley and Bromley turnout is up. For Barking and Dagenham, Newham and Tower Hamlets it is down.
The Conservatives gained a seat from an independent in Angus. Labour held a seat in Cardiff.
The Conservatives gained a seat from an independent in Pembrokeshire.
The horror of what has happened is now widely recognised. The state, which should uphold child safety, instead engaged in a programme of mutilating children.
The Lib Dems lost a seat to an independent on Highland. But the Lib Dems held a seat in North Yorkshire.
The Conservatives are contesting 94.6 per cent of seats. Labour is contesting 91.4 per cent of them. But the rise of “split voting” means there should be caution of taking comfort for the General Election.
The Conservatives held a seat in North Northamptonshire.
If you have Conservative Councils wasting staff time and Council Taxpayers money on damaging thought control sessions then what is the incentive to vote Conservative?
There is already a postcode lottery in the NHS performance varies considerably. We need accountabiity, innovation and joined-up Government.
Labour held a seat in Neath Port Talbot. The Lib Dems held a seat in Somerset.
Plenty of NHS Trusts also find such flexibility beneficial. What would be the cost (in lives as well as money) if a Labour Government disrupted them from continuing?
The Lib Dems gained a seat from the Conservatives in Cambridgeshire. Labour gained a seat from the Conservatives in Flintshire.
The Green Party held a seat in Lancaster. The Lib Dems held a seat in Wiltshire.