Originally posted @ 4:06 pm, Wed 11th Jun 2008
Nottingham City Council agreed its "Children and Young People" plan on Monday.
And the Nottingham Tories and Lib Dems voted with us. There were even requests from the opposition for more service to be provided than was planned. Another indication of how the centre-ground has moved to Labour. (Believing in more services - that we can achieve more together than we will apart.)
An age away from the '80s and '90s when Thatcher and Major didn't have much faith in public services. (Believing that there is no such thing as society.) It's a shock now to see (in the recent repeats of the TV documentaries on the monetarists) the Tory thinking of that era, when gurus liked Milton Friedman explained that simply stopping the money printing presses would reduce inflation.
In celebrating the progress made, I pointed out how the attainment levels at the secondary school that I chair has increased over the last decade. Indeed, if we'd made the improvements 18 years earlier with a focussed drive on standards combined with the extra resources, I've estimated that over 700 extra people from my school would now be making their way through the world of work with 5 good GCSEs.
The subsequent changes that have led to such improvements for a school serving the most disadvantaged communities and is another example of how Labour has helped those who need help most.
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After full Council, we met for drinks at the new bar & restaurant - UMAMI - on Chapel Bar, run by Zed & Tan, sons of co-Councillor Mo Munir. Their web-site will be available at - http://www.umamirestaurant.co.uk/
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