Here’s a date for your diary: Saturday 22 June – for a demo demanding ‘Restore Nature Now!’
https://www.restorenaturenow.com/: Restore Nature Now!
On that day, supporters from a wide range of organisations – including Extinction Rebellion, Just Stop Oil, Greenpeace, Love & Rage (Chris Packham), The Climate Coalition, FoE and Animal Rising – will gather in London for a demonstration calling on this nature-destroying Tory government to start acting for nature and thus for us, instead of acting for the corporations actively destroying planet Earth. You can see the current list of supporting organisations here:
https://www.restorenaturenow.com/supporters: Restore Nature Now!You can find out more – and how to get involved – via this link:
https://extinctionrebellion.uk/restore-nature-now: Restore Nature Now!So… time to start booking those coaches to make this MASSIVE!! Remember: we are part of the natural world – & depend on it for a decent liveable future. Be there – or be square!!
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Already the backsliding begins. ITV news is reporting that the Government has changed one point in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. They have accepted that academies will retain their ‘freedom’ to set their own pay scales for teachers. So the criteria in the School Teachers Pay and Conditions document will only apply to teachers in Local Authority schools. Why have the Government climbed down on this issue? It’s not as if this is a major financial problem for academies. But what will be the next change/climb down by the Government? Will academies be exempt from the National Curriculum? Will Local Authorities be able to build schools according to the needs of their communities or will all new schools, as at present, have to be academies?