Toby's School - location news
Brief question and answer in Commons yesterday (although it seems to have the wrong background info - see response by Toby Young at the end)Mr Slaughter: Yesterday my local Tory council announced that 22 well regarded voluntary organisations would be evicted from their home in Palingswick house, which they have been in for 25 years, to provide a site for a free school run by the self-publicist Toby Young, most of whose pupils will come from outside the borough. Will the right hon. Gentleman extend his deliberations and come to Hammersmith to sort out the broken big society there?Mr Letwin: I have of course heard about the Palingswick house events, but it is hugely in the interests of the hon. Gentleman's constituents that there should be a free school there, as it will improve education standards, I have no doubt. That is of course entirely a matter for the local council, not for the Government, because we believe in localism, but I understand that the council intends to find other ways to house the voluntary and community groups that are involved, and I am sure that it will do so with his help.http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110119/debtext/110119-0001.htm#11011956000898Guardian articlehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/jan/17/young-free-school-groups-refugeesand response by Toby Younghttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jan/19/free-schools-social-cohesion
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