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Amanda, you are very misguided.

The ability of small firms to innovate is what could deliver schools on low budgets. Recently I was part of a small team who delivered a small school building in Queens Park. We needed complete freedom in order to save money, cut consultancy by doing things in different ways and taking on more of the tasks, adjusting our designs to adapt to the awkward site, negotiate down prices with contractors we knew and understood the situation. In the end a 55m2 build was delivered for 140,000 pounds in central London.

These initiatives are just wrong, poorly thought out, do not understand the value the profession brings, are foolish and simple minded to the extreme.

I would rather fight this than support it.