Originally Posted by cashman (Post 737632)

i could answer that mancie, but the question aint fer me.:D;)

Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 737640)

seem to remember in the 'owd" days any Accrington kid who was lucky enough to 'win' a place at university was usually given a grant by the local Council/UDC (both Tory and Labour) and a big write up in the local paper , no mention of wether the youngster came from a needy family , considering the times most of the folks who got them were from middle class families

Originally Posted by claytonender (Post 737560)

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