Early years funding boost: why the UK government is prioritising getting children school ready: Robert Kneschke/Shutterstock The UK government is putting money into early years education in England. A funding boost of £75 million is intended to increase the number of staff and places for children in nurseries. The pupil premium for early years is …
The millions of people not looking for work in the UK may be prioritising education, health and freedom: Taking time out. pathdoc/Shutterstock Around one in five British people of working age (16-64) are now outside the labour market. Neither in work nor looking for work, they are officially labelled as “economically inactive”. Some of those …
Prioritising home ownership hurts everyone – owners as well as renters: wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock The quest to own a home has become a mainstay in UK society. Successive governments of all stripes have prioritised home ownership over other forms of tenure. In August 2020, following Boris Johnson’s mantra earlier in the summer of “build, build, build”, the …