CPS Response: NEU Strike Ballot
In response to the NEU voting for strike action, Mark Lehain, CPS Head of Education, said: “The NEU result is disappointing – strikes would be the wrong action, for the wrong reason, at the wrong time. After everything pupils have been through in recent years, further disruption to their education is the last thing they… View Article
CPS Response to NASUWT Strike Ballot
Mark Lehain, Head of Education at the Center for Policy Studies said: ‘This news will bring huge relief to pupils and their families. A strike would have achieved little but cause huge disruption for children and the country as a whole. ‘The result shows how divisive the issue is among teachers too, with fewer than… View Article
Far too many families don’t have access to the childcare they need
CPS Head of Education Mark Lehain has penned a short comment piece on the Daily Express on childcare. Alongside a news story on parents missing out on pay due to a lack of affordable childcare, Mark writes that despite government subsidies, British parents are sending 30 per cent of their income on nurseries and minders… View Article
Politicians have a ‘moral duty’ to support growth, says CPS Director
The economic turmoil of recent years has seen a renewed focus on Britain’s failure to grow. A new essay by CPS Director Robert Colvile sets out how this is a much longer-term problem than we think – that the growth ceiling of the British economy has been getting lower and lower for decades, driven in… View Article
Renting is up and home ownership down since 2011, according to latest Census data
Responding to a Big Issue article highlighting census data showing the fall of home ownership in the UK ,Samuel Hughes, Head of Housing at the Centre for Policy Studies said it was “dismaying but unsurprising.” “Britain has an intense housing shortage because we don’t permit enough new homes to be built. This shortage makes it… View Article
