The whole point of the new government’s ‘free schools’ programme was to remove council ‘interference’ (or planning, if you like) of how many and where local schools should be.
The council can no more stop a free school from being opened in Blackburn than it can stop the sun rising tomorrow morning.
Before the last election, people were warned that the Tory ‘free schools’ policy would result in various groups setting up schools to prevent integration.
This is exactly what has happened.
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