He said, 'My job is to make sure your kids get a superb education wherever they are in the country.
'And that's why we have already announced that we are going to level up per-pupil funding in primary and secondary schools.'
Mr Johnson is expected to start naming his Cabinet from this evening, including who will be education secretary.
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As mayor of London, the new Prime Minister spoke of the need to encourage schools to allow more childcare on site to ease the shortage in the capital and announced an £8m fund to this effect. He was also accused of burying a report linking poor air quality with schools in deprived areas while mayor.
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