There have been very few occasions since the election when I have honestly felt that I wished I was still a councillor but one of them was when I read in the local press about the shocking level of homophobia in Luton’s schools.

The report was of an NUT survey that found that in Luton’s secondary schools;

“a staggering 94.5 per cent of teachers had seen or heard a homophobic incident at least on a termly basis…..A further 56 per cent had seen or overheard homophobic abuse in the classroom either every day or at least once a week”

This is deeply troubling. If I was still on the Council I would be making a point of raising this with the administration and asking what the LEA was doing about it. However, I can do the next best thing which is to email some Liberal Democrat colleagues on the Council and ask if they can make some enquiries.