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Unions take action as analysis reveals school cuts of millions of pounds

Funding Policy & Politics
School budgets have been cut by £1.7 billion in real terms since 2015, according to new research.

The Labour party’s analysis of the Institute for Fiscal Studies' (IFS) 2018 report on education spending in England reveals that annual spending on schools would be £1.7bn higher in 2019-20 than the amount allocated by Government if funding per pupil had been maintained in real terms since 2015.

It comes as the three education unions, the National Education Union (NEU), the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) and the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) come together to seek the views of their members on how best to take forward the campaign for improved funding ahead of next year’s comprehensive spending review.

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