The government has announced a new scheme to give each schoolchild 5 hours of culturally enriching experiences per week. Presumably outside of school hours, since the curriculum is already under considerable time pressure. Visits to art galleries, the theatre, concerts & music lessons have been mentioned
Such generosity will, it is hoped, help to narrow the gap between middle class & disadvantaged children
Now poor children do not, usually, live in 2-car households with parents willing & able to provide a free chauffeuring service to ferry the children to events all over the city or the county. And neither do their friends.
So much of the governments generous £15 per annum allowance will be swallowed up in bus fares
