Our mapping* of data and digital wrt the Department for Education after the machinery of government changes; with asks of new Ministers (*best efforts subject to change: effects on DSIT-DfE GenAI, DfE in N. Data Library, Content Store and Spine may emerge) defenddigitalme.org/2026/07/…
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@andyburngamgm & @LucyMPowell
We invite you to talk with us, to understand from those it will impact, about the CWS act and the home education elements. Listen to the realities of home education rather than what those who had never met a home educator decided to bring into law.
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The CWSB says "School is considered a protective environment for most children.” Yet @ChildrenSociety household survey 2025 “highlights that school is the area of life where children and young people most commonly feel unhappy."
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Excellent must read evidence based analysis on why this bill will in fact harm children not help them by diverting resources and away from those most at risk
rebuilttolearn.substack.com/…
How the Children’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill Could Actually Put More Children At Risk open.substack.com/pub/drkimb…
@jamiestone @NatWei @DavidGHFrost @LDNdailynews
And yet the @educationgovuk insist that "schools are a protective factor" but are seemingly ignoring the edvidence. @hidvoicesspeak @stopthecwsbill @NatWei @bphillipsonMP
As an organisation advocating for children and families, we have seen first-hand the shift from listening and addressing school related concerns to a future where children are to be dispossessed of their rights to be heard - at school or in the community #rightsprotectchildren
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I've an idea - why don't sponsors of bill look sympathetically at those amendments & accept as many as possible that would add much needed safeguards? Could speed up process. Up until now, all we've heard is No, No, No. Demand we shush & rush, just to meet deadlines, is risible
It would take peers 20 years to get through all the amendments at this pace. When an unelected chamber deliberately stalls a bill backed by the Commons, it does more than delay legislation; it undermines representative democracy.
#AssistedDyingBill
humanists.uk/2025/11/21/assi…
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@NatWei @DavidGHFrost @danielmgmoylan @MoreThanScore @anaboultertv @ChildrensComm @Fox_Claire @_RobbieMoore @Miatsf @the_he_byte @hidvoicesspeak @rand_hardy
And do not forget the Data protection Impact assessment for this bill has not been finalised or available for those who carry out legislative scrutiny
NEW POST: The privacy dangers for children and their families in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Rose Arnold of campaign group Reclaim Rights for Children explains why they're concerned specialneedsjungle.com/priva…
ALT image shows an official, a father and his child sitting at a computer in an office. The dad and child look worried. The image is colourised in red
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🎇 Parental rights are being eroded not with a bang but a whimper.
This #BonfireNight make your voice count - protect your right to parent your child, before the state takes over
telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02…
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"🚨 WARNING: Digital Surveillance, Not Safeguarding
This #StressAwarenessWeek, consider the impact of the Children's Wellbeing Bill's registers and data-sharing. Let’s prioritise genuine support over mass data. #LICE2025 #EducationReforms
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Lord Nash. I'm not a lobbyist . I am a parent. Can we stop calling parents, advocating for their children's protection and education- lobbyists. Also. We are not selfish. You will not find any group of parents,more on the side of protecting children ,than Home educating parents
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If this is what you believe @bphillipsonMP why are you bringing in the children’s wellbeing and schools bill?
I've always believed politics is about giving people the freedom to choose their own path in life. So if young people want to have more children, they should have the security to do so.
Accessible, affordable, high-quality childcare is key to that.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
Reply made by @StephenMorganMP in response to a question about whether the government plans to provide training to home ed parents. "..we do not wish to impose restrictions on parents by instructing them on how they should home educate their children." What about the CWS bill??
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Hidden Voices Speak: An Anthology of Home Educated Voices Paperback – 2 April 2025
amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0F3…
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“The traditional education system is not a one-size-fits-all model. Schools and the government must do more to support young people through the struggles they face daily – to help them get back to class or find alternative solutions like I did.” bigissue.com/life/school-hom…
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A regrettably skewed presentation of the constitution on @BBCr4today this morning. The interview with @charliefalconer and @IloraFinlay began with @annaefoster suggesting to Lord Falconer that "[t]he role of the Lords is to scrutinise and to improve but ultimately to uphold something that the directly elected members of the Commons have decided to go ahead with."
But this isn't right. There's nothing in our constitution to prevent the House of Lords from refusing to "uphold" a Bill sent to them from the Commons, unless that Bill is enacting a manifesto commitment. As my colleague @ProfMarkElliott has said (link below), the existence of the Parliament Acts is premised on this fact. Sometimes the House of Lords will fulfil its constitutional function by voting a Commons Bill down.
As the Terminally Ill Adults Bill moves into the next stage of the legislative process, it's incumbent on all of us to state the constitutional position clearly.
publiclawforeveryone.com/202…
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It is difficult to comprehend that there is wholesale parental agreement in support of the government's proposed measures; certainly not from those most likely to be adversely impacted or for whom the measures or potential consequences remain unclear #CWSBill2025 @ReclaimRights4C
Where is the poll?
The children who have fallen through the cracks were known to multiple agencies.
Persistent absenteeism is a separate issue & those children are also known, in order to be marked absent
The Victoria Climbié Foudation are concerned about the Bill @UKVCF
"Introducing digital ID is to cross a Rubicon. It changes forever the relationship between government and citizen."
Why digital ID is such a terrible idea: my @Telegraph column tonight.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06…
