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Old 19-08-2009, 06:58   #19
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Re: The Tory Council in Bromley is proposing to pay fees for private education

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Originally Posted by claytonender View Post
In todays Times there is am article about the proposal by the Tory Council to pay towards private school fees for the children of parents, who can no longer afford the fees because they have lost their jobs.

Considering that the average charge for private school fees is £12000 per year (and they propose to fund up to £4700 per year)and the money will come form the budgets of the state schools in Bromley, this is a very frightening development.

Is this another portent of what would happen nationally under a Tory government.

Parents who lose jobs to have school fees subsidised by Bromley Council - Times Online
Sounds like the thin end of the wedge .... the thick end will come after the next general election ...
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