What happened to standards?

which can unlock a door so Buddy can visit their school. Schools will also be sent tips and ideas on how to fundraise, resources to help promote Number Day and teachers will have access to a wide range of games and tasks. This includes information on keeping children safe from harm and supporting their school’s safeguarding, as well online safety quizzes that can be used with pupils of all ages. After the challenges of the past 18 months and the disruption that children have faced, we hope that Number Day will be a day of fun that children look forward to. I would encourage any school that hasn’t already signed up to visit the NSPCC website and get involved. The fallout of the pandemic has been huge for children and young people and by fundraising for the NSPCC through Number Day, schools will help our staff continue to be here for those facing abuse, neglect or struggling with their mental health.

I would also like to thank all our partners that have helped with the resources for Number Day this year including: Maths Circle, Man Group, Oxford University Press and Maths on Toast.

To sign up to take part in

Number Day, all you need to do is visit the NSPCC’s website and search for Number Day and fill in your school’s details using the registration form.

NSPCC assistant director for the East of England

This week MPs are being deluged with emails complaining about the rule-breaking parties that have taken place in 10 Downing Street.

They call for the resignation of the Prime Minister. However, there is no need to wait for the Sue Gray enquiry. Diligent members of the public will have long since discovered for themselves much more about Boris Johnson’s unsuitability for office.

For instance, in the weekly televised Prime Minister’s Questions, his contempt for Parliament and avoidance of answering questions is there for all to witness.

Being accountable to anyone is beneath his dignity.

To see how times have changed, remember how Edward Heath would invite his political rival, Harold Wilson, and his wife to stop overnight at his Salisbury

home, breaking their journey to the Scilly Isles.

Heath accepted his rival’s different outlook without making an enemy of him. Tony Benn, too, was a frequent guest. Now, can you imagine the present PM inviting Keir Starmer and his wife round? Would Johnson have similarly entertained Jeremy Corbyn? What a change in standards! Sadly, the Tory Party has deteriorated in both manners and decency and our long-respected Tory Party grandees can only be looking on in horror. Heather Evans

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