and link up campaigns, and reach for support into the labour movement, which has been too slow and timid in taking up these issues."
Newspaper
There was overwhelming support in the meeting for the Network to publish a tabloid newsletter, aimed at building a base of affiliations and sharing the experiences of successful campaigns.
The first, pilot issue, to give a taste of what could be done, will be published at Labour Party conference. This and future issues will be funded through donations, affiliations. four-year olds. Class sizes are to be reduced, but no targets are set. Special needs are to be met in mainstream schools, but no extra funds are guaranteed.
No details are given of whether schools will be funded according to need rather than on a competitive numbers-led basis.
Democracy
It is also why the White Paper shies away from the principle of elected democratic control when it might offend dominant interests. The private schools retain their privilege.
The Training and Enterprise Councils will remain outside local democratic control. School governing bodies will not be directly elected.
The White paper equivocates on other issues of inequality too.