{"id":54909,"date":"2015-03-09T17:05:55","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T17:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=1cd3dbcaa9cf222253ec5e315de10019"},"modified":"2015-03-09T17:05:55","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T17:05:55","slug":"speech-free-schools-announcement-david-camerons-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=54909","title":{"rendered":"Speech: Free schools announcement: David Cameron&#8217;s speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<h2 id=\"introduction\">Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>For the last 5 years this government has been working through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/the-governments-long-term-economic-plan\/the-governments-long-term-economic-plan\">long-term economic plan<\/a> to turn Britain around. That plan is working.  <\/p>\n<p>You can see it in the economic figures, with growth up, the deficit halved and new industries thriving.<\/p>\n<p>But statistics don\u2019t pay the bills and government graphs don\u2019t buy school uniforms. Plans and policies only work if they actually help families. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why my number 1 goal is to turn this long-term economic plan into a plan for you. I don\u2019t just want people to hear about Britain\u2019s economic success on the news or see it in the papers. I want them to feel it in their lives. And that is beginning to happen. <\/p>\n<p>You can see it in your payslip \u2013 with taxes cut and wages rising, at the till \u2013 with inflation at a record low, at the pump \u2013 with fuel duty frozen and in your savings \u2013 with more control over your own money.<\/p>\n<p>But for some families, those old questions still swirl around:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is my job safe? <\/li>\n<li>Can we afford to get by? <\/li>\n<li>Will we be able to buy a home? <\/li>\n<li>Can we afford childcare?<\/li>\n<li>Are our children going to have the skills they need?<\/li>\n<li>Will our earnings and our savings see us through? <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It all comes back to security \u2013 that\u2019s what matters to families more than anything. That\u2019s why next week\u2019s Budget is built for, designed around and centred on Britain\u2019s families.<\/p>\n<p>For the mum who is up and out the door before 6am.  The dad who gets home from work when everyone is fast asleep. The children who are hoping for a holiday at the seaside this year.  We want families like this to feel secure. <\/p>\n<p>As you build a life together you want that life to feel solid \u2013 built to last.  And for me there are 5 foundation stones that families\u2019 security is built on: jobs, money, homes, schools and savings. <\/p>\n<p>Let me take each in turn. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"jobs\">Jobs<\/h2>\n<p>The cornerstone of families\u2019 security is work.  Everything rests on whether parents are bringing home a pay packet. <\/p>\n<p>Today there are 1.85 million more people in work than there were in 2010.  That hasn\u2019t just changed 1.85 million lives.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s changed the lives of all those children who see their mum or dad going off to work with pride each morning, and of all those parents who can sleep a little easier knowing they have a steady income coming in. <\/p>\n<p>For every single day we\u2019ve been in office, 1,000 people have read those vital words: \u201cOffer of employment\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there are doubters.<\/p>\n<p>They doubt that the jobs we\u2019re creating are sufficient to support families but over the last year, three-quarters of new jobs were full time. <\/p>\n<p>They doubt that they\u2019re being created outside London but last year jobs were created fastest not in the South East but the North East. <\/p>\n<p>They doubt that they\u2019re decent jobs, but jobs are being created in industries of the future \u2013 with 1 million roles being advertised last year in the digital technology sector alone. <\/p>\n<p>They doubt all this will help young people but in the last year we had a bigger rise in youth employment than the rest of the EU combined. <\/p>\n<p>The doubters are wrong; our plan is right \u2013 and it\u2019s giving families the security they need.<\/p>\n<p>After 5 years, we have seen more people in work than at any point in British history. <\/p>\n<p>So our ambitions for the future are unashamedly high. We won\u2019t just go for more employment; we\u2019ll go for full employment: a job for everyone who wants one. <\/p>\n<p>And there\u2019s only one genuine way to do that. It\u2019s the same way we helped create all these jobs.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s by backing business helping them to grow, expand, take on new staff \u2013 and yes, take on apprentices. We\u2019ve already created 2 million [Political content removed].<\/p>\n<p>Why will we do all this? Because businesses create jobs and a job is the first \u2013 and the most important \u2013 foundation stone in building a family\u2019s security.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"money\">Money<\/h2>\n<p>The second foundation stone for families\u2019 security is having more money in their pockets. <\/p>\n<p>For too long, family budgets seemed to be under attack from every angle. <\/p>\n<p>Parents felt hammered at the till, ripped off at the petrol pump and clobbered by the taxman.<\/p>\n<p>The gas, water and electric; the car insurance and home insurance the road tax, council tax, phone bill, food bill, mortgage. It felt like an endless assault on family finances \u2013 and families were left with a feeling we all dread: insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>Our goal in government is to ease that burden so families don\u2019t just get by in life; they can get on in life \u2013 and do all the things they want to do.<\/p>\n<p>That starts with something simple: keeping more of the money you earn.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to our income tax cuts, there are 26 million people saving an average of \u00a3825 a year in tax from April. <\/p>\n<p>Think about that: parents with potentially an extra \u00a31,600 in the kitty looking to the summer and thinking \u201cyes, we can book that holiday\u201d, or looking to Christmas without the same fear of the cost.<\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s the fuel duty freeze \u2013 saving the average motorist at least \u00a3135 a year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/marriage-allowance\">The married tax allowance<\/a> \u2013 saving couples up to \u00a3212 a year. The fact that wages are rising and inflation is low.<\/p>\n<p>All this has happened because of the difficult decisions we\u2019ve taken on our economy.<\/p>\n<p>One of families\u2019 biggest outgoings \u2013 and therefore biggest worries \u2013 is the cost of childcare.<\/p>\n<p>Most spend, on average, over a quarter of their income on childcare. That\u2019s right \u2013 more than a quarter of what they\u2019ve got coming in going straight back out. This is not just an issue for women or parents. It\u2019s a national issue. <\/p>\n<p>So we\u2019ve acted, increasing the number of free childcare hours for 3- and 4-year-olds, introducing 15 free hours for the 40% most disadvantaged 2-year-olds and in the next Parliament perhaps the most transformative change to childcare in decades \u2013 making it tax free, saving up to \u00a32,000 per child, per year.<\/p>\n<p>More money in parents\u2019 pockets. Less worry for families. That\u2019s what our long-term economic plan is delivering \u2013 security for all.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"homes\">Homes<\/h2>\n<p>The third foundation stone is a home of your own. <\/p>\n<p>Your home is the ultimate symbol of security. It\u2019s a place of stability, protecting your family \u2013 a place to feel safe, to make memories together. Too many people have been denied that security. <\/p>\n<p>I think of all the people in their 20s and 30s still living with their parents, desperately saving for their own place, the couple who want a child but can\u2019t afford to upsize, the families stuck in the renting rut, never able to properly settle down.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re turning this around, meeting every barrier to home ownership with a solution.<\/p>\n<p>Problem 1 was that mortgage rates were high. By cutting the deficit, we\u2019re keeping them low.  <\/p>\n<p>If you compare what people are paying now to what they would have paid with interest rates at 2010 levels, they are saving \u00a3155 a month. <\/p>\n<p>Problem 2 is that many could afford mortgage repayments but not the initial deposit.  <\/p>\n<p>That pushed up the average age of a first-time buyer, without parents\u2019 help, to 37 \u2013 an absolute scandal in this, the country of the property-owning democracy. <\/p>\n<p>So we brought in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/help-to-buy-helping-88000-buy-a-new-home\">Help to Buy<\/a> \u2013 to help with those deposits. And thanks to that scheme, 88,000 more people have crossed the threshold of their home \u2013 88,000 people who have bricks and mortar to call their own. <\/p>\n<p>Problem 3 was that there weren\u2019t enough homes for people to buy. <\/p>\n<p>House building fell every decade after the 60s and after the great recession, the tumbleweed rolled across deserted building sites.<\/p>\n<p>So we\u2019ve released more government land and we\u2019re lending money to get builders building. We\u2019ve reformed planning to make it easier to get permission and in the last year alone, work was started on 140,000 new homes. <\/p>\n<p>And we will go further with 2 new garden cities \u2013 in Ebbsfleet and Bicester and with 200,000 Starter Homes \u2013 discounted new-builds for first-time buyers under 40, so more children have a bedroom to call their own, more parents can finally decorate their living room as they want it and more families have stability and security \u2013 a place to make memories and build their lives together. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"schools\">Schools<\/h2>\n<p>The fourth foundation stone may be the most crucial for families \u2013 and that\u2019s education. <\/p>\n<p>The schools they go to, the skills they get \u2013 they\u2019re your child\u2019s ticket to success. <\/p>\n<p>In the past, our education system has failed too many children.  We are turning that around.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve spent \u00a35 billion on new school places. We\u2019ve got discipline back in the classroom. We\u2019ve got high standards back on the curriculum.  We are making sure more pupils take traditional, academic subjects.<\/p>\n<p>But the biggest change we\u2019ve made \u2013 something that is radically changing the way education is delivered \u2013 is opening 4,200 academies and 255 free schools.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored academies are failing schools taken over by independent sponsors \u2013 many of them successful academy chains, like Harris, with a track record of turning schools around.<\/p>\n<p>Converter academies are successful schools that have chosen to benefit from the freedom from local authority control, taking full control of their budget and making the decisions that matter.<\/p>\n<p>Free Schools are brand new schools, set up by groups of parents, or charities, or teachers, or bodies, including other schools, that have a passion for delivering great education.  <\/p>\n<p>All of them are creating more good school places for our children. What these schools have achieved is, frankly, remarkable. They\u2019re more likely to be good or outstanding.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, free schools are twice as likely to be judged \u2018outstanding\u2019 as other schools inspected at the same time. And, remember, they\u2019ve only been going for a couple of years at most.<\/p>\n<p>As Policy Exchange said this week, free schools don\u2019t just raise the performance of their own pupils \u2013 they raise standards in surrounding schools in the area too. <\/p>\n<p>Academies are more likely to improve their results at GCSE.<\/p>\n<p>And today, 1 million more children across the country are in schools that the inspectors \u2013 Ofsted \u2013 say are \u201cgood\u201d or \u201coutstanding\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re declaring war on illiteracy and innumeracy too, so no child leaves school unable to read or write. <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re going to make Britain \u2013 the country of Alan Turing, of Stephen Hawking \u2013 the best place in the world to learn maths, science and computing.<\/p>\n<p>And yes \u2013 we\u2019re going to dramatically expand the free schools programme.<\/p>\n<p>Today I\u2019m announcing 49 new ones.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Find out more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/prime-minister-announces-landmark-wave-of-free-schools\">about free schools announced today.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>New schools like: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the Boxing Academy in Hackney \u2013 based on discipline and teamwork<\/li>\n<li>the Green School for Boys here in Isleworth \u2013 part of the same trust as this brilliant girls\u2019 school <\/li>\n<li>Floreat Education\u2019s latest schools in Southall and Alperton in London \u2013 which focus on character as well as academia <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We\u2019ve got Hindu, Christian, Muslim, Jewish ethos schools opening up schools that extend the school day, schools that will benefit from the expertise of Sunderland FC and Microsoft schools that cater for those with special needs, armed forces families, children who have been excluded. <\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re going to provide thousands of good school places for children the length and breadth of the country. <\/p>\n<p>And they\u2019re all part of this \u2013 the most successful schools programme in recent British history. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"savings\">Savings<\/h2>\n<p>The fifth and final foundation for families\u2019 security is this: savings.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone who pays into a savings account, who pays into a pension, who goes to the bank to top up their ISA, is doing it for the same reason: security. <\/p>\n<p>So if they hit hard times, they\u2019ve got something to fall back on, so when they get older, they\u2019ve got something extra to get by on. <\/p>\n<p>For too long, we\u2019ve had a system that punished that prudence. <\/p>\n<p>People would be unfairly taxed for drawing down their private pension. Their pension pot would be taxed far too much when they died.  That was completely wrong. <\/p>\n<p>So we are introducing a new culture of saving. Over-55s will have access to their pension pots 4 weeks from today.<\/p>\n<p>The punitive tax on passing your pension on \u2013 it\u2019s gone. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easier to switch bank accounts to get a better rate. You can put not just \u00a35,000 a year in a cash ISA but \u00a315,000. And our <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nsandi.com\/65-guaranteed-growth-bonds\">Pensioner Bonds<\/a> are yielding a rate of 4 per cent. <\/p>\n<p>All this is sending out the clearest message to families: If you\u2019re thinking of your future security \u2013 we\u2019re right behind you. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"conclusion\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>My motto in life is \u201cfamily first\u201d.  I apply it to my own life and to my politics. <\/p>\n<p>At their best, families are resilient \u2013 tight-knit units which can weather anything. And if you doubt it, just think of what your family has gone through over the years and how you\u2019ve come through it together. <\/p>\n<p>But at the same time families are vulnerable \u2013 vulnerable to shocks, vulnerable to financial pressure.  Job losses or money worries can tear them apart.<\/p>\n<p>I believe financial security for families is one of government\u2019s foremost duties.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s what I\u2019m in politics to deliver \u2013 a better life for you and your children.  Every time I champion an economic success, it\u2019s because it\u2019s been a success for families. <\/p>\n<p>When I celebrate the reopening of a brick factory, it\u2019s not because I love bricks: it\u2019s because I love to see all those staff doing their jobs with pride, knowing they\u2019re going home to their families with a wage. <\/p>\n<p>Every time I celebrate the opening of a free school, it\u2019s not because I love cutting ribbons or taking selfies with the students \u2013 it\u2019s because I\u2019m so glad, so relieved that more parents can, like me, share the peace of mind you feel when your child is getting a great education. <\/p>\n<p>Every single part of this has only been possible because we got a grip on our economy. <\/p>\n<p>If we hadn\u2019t got our finances in order there would have been no tax cuts, no new school places, no help for savers, no Help to Buy \u2013 no record job creation.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, families\u2019 security is dependent on a strong economy. Say goodbye to economic stability \u2013 and you say goodbye to your family\u2019s security. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why it\u2019s more important than ever to stick to our long-term economic plan.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what next week\u2019s Budget is all about. <\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s what I am determined to deliver.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prime Minister spoke at the Green School, Isleworth on jobs, money, homes, schools and savings and announced 49 new free schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54909"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}