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Education fightback: Vote for action to tackle the school cuts crisis
Now is our chance to take action over pay and school funding, argues GAWAIN LITTLE
DISGRACEFUL: Too many kids arrive at school hungry in Tory Britain

IT IS a sign of the state of Tory Britain in 2022 that 90 per cent of schools will face a real-terms cut to their budget next year.

Per pupil funding will suffer a real-terms cut of £147. For a school of 1,500 students, this equates to losing over £200,000 annually.

On top of historic real-terms cuts, which have seen school spending power reduced by £1.3bn, or 2.9 per cent, since 2015-16, this will have a disastrous effect on our children’s education.

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