The framing of this polling by @PublicFirst_PF is questionable.
Why would taxes need to rise to pay for *catch up* tuition?
By definition it's a *one-off* bump in expenditure not an increase in the structural deficit requiring remedial fiscal action...
cps.org.uk/files/reports/…
Why would taxes need to rise to pay for *catch up* tuition?
By definition it's a *one-off* bump in expenditure not an increase in the structural deficit requiring remedial fiscal action...
cps.org.uk/files/reports/…
...clear argument, as @TimPitt11 says, for treating it like emergency furlough spending & temporarily increasing public borrowing to cover it....
https://twitter.com/TimPitt11/status/1400358446113988608?s=20
...especially as one can plausibly argue that the long-term fiscal benefits will outweigh the short-term fiscal costs due to an increase in the future earning power of the kids affected...
https://twitter.com/BenChu_/status/1400164086382530562?s=20
...Is there a legitimate concern the temporary extra tuition spending could turn out to be permanent?
Is that what the polling is trying to get at?...
Is that what the polling is trying to get at?...
...If so the relevant question surely ought to be:
"Would you be prepared to pay higher taxes to fund a permanent increase in education spending after the pandemic?"...
"Would you be prepared to pay higher taxes to fund a permanent increase in education spending after the pandemic?"...
...Still, beyond that quibble, it's got lots of useful polling evidence on what parents actually think about the degree of harm to learning from lockdown, extending the school day, what subjects should be prioritised in catch-up etc
https://twitter.com/rcolvile/status/1400370207475048451?s=20
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