Lambeth primary school to exclude poor children?

The Streatham Guardian has this story about a new primary school – good you may think, Lambeth needs more schools. But this school's catchment area excludes council estates.


Even the Tories are up in arms about it. Conservative councillor for Gipsy Hill ward, Andrew Gibson said:

"The plans are discriminatory against all Gipsy Hill residents and indeed against most council tenants in Knights Hill, as the council’s own map shows. In short, Lambeth Labour is resorting to little-used powers to allow queue jumping.” 

But in case you arre warming to the Tories for sticking up for the poor, remember what Oliver Letwin said in 2003.

"In Lambeth, where I live, I would give my right arm to send them [my children] to a fee paying school. If necessary i would go out on the streets and beg rather than send them to a school next to where I live."

Not so much sticking up for, but sticking it to the poor.

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