I’m picturing the scenes in Westminster last week. Philip Hammond is putting the finishing touches to the Autumn Budget – his masterpiece that “finally brings austerity to an end”.
“Hey Damian, I’ve got a few quid flying around at the end here and I’m not sure what we should spend it on, any ideas?”
The Secretary of State for Education spits out his tea, exclaiming “blimey Phil, didn’t you see all those headteachers protesting so politely last month, let’s give it to them so they can buy all those ‘little extras’ they keep banging on about”.
As you can probably tell I’m still reeling from the announcement of a paltry additional £400 million allocated for schools in the Autumn Budget.
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