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| Labour warns schools face spending cuts | |
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| Labour is set to accuse the government of breaking a promise not to cut school funding in England. | |
| Shadow education secretary Andy Burnham will tell the NASUWT teachers' union that budgets will be cut by 1.1% in real terms between 2010/11 and 2014/15. | |
| Per-pupil funding will fall by 3.9% in the same period, he will tell the teachers' conference in Glasgow. | |
| A Department for Education spokesman said it was protecting school funding at "flat cash per pupil". | A Department for Education spokesman said it was protecting school funding at "flat cash per pupil". |
| At the conference, Mr Burnham will tell delegates analysis based on figures from the House of Commons library show the government's education policy "consists of broken promises, incompetence and wrong-headed reforms". | At the conference, Mr Burnham will tell delegates analysis based on figures from the House of Commons library show the government's education policy "consists of broken promises, incompetence and wrong-headed reforms". |
| "They said they had found more resources for schools - but the schools budget is going to fall every year for the next three years. This is alongside cuts of 80% to budgets for maintenance and repairs next year. | "They said they had found more resources for schools - but the schools budget is going to fall every year for the next three years. This is alongside cuts of 80% to budgets for maintenance and repairs next year. |
| "Increasingly, we are seeing the sort of poor decision-making and lack of clarity from central government that can only be called incompetence - like the last-minute cut of £155m from school budgets. | "Increasingly, we are seeing the sort of poor decision-making and lack of clarity from central government that can only be called incompetence - like the last-minute cut of £155m from school budgets. |
| "This will mean schools losing money they have already been allocated in the middle of an academic year - or facing an even tighter financial settlement next year," he will say. | "This will mean schools losing money they have already been allocated in the middle of an academic year - or facing an even tighter financial settlement next year," he will say. |
| Consultation | Consultation |
| In his spending review statement last year, Chancellor George Osborne said there would be a "real increase in the money for schools, not just next year or the year after - as the last government once promised - but for each of the next four years". | In his spending review statement last year, Chancellor George Osborne said there would be a "real increase in the money for schools, not just next year or the year after - as the last government once promised - but for each of the next four years". |
| "The schools budget will rise from £35bn to £39bn," he said at the time. | "The schools budget will rise from £35bn to £39bn," he said at the time. |
| Responding to Labour's claims, a Department for Education spokesman said: "We are protecting school funding in the system at flat cash per pupil before adding the pupil premium. | |
| "Flat cash per pupil means that, as pupil numbers go up, the overall budget goes up in line. | "Flat cash per pupil means that, as pupil numbers go up, the overall budget goes up in line. |
| "We are putting money directly in heads' hands and cutting central bureaucracy to protect the front line. | "We are putting money directly in heads' hands and cutting central bureaucracy to protect the front line. |
| "The current school funding system is illogical, unfair and opaque. That is why we recently launched a consultation to address the disparities and inequalities within our current system." | "The current school funding system is illogical, unfair and opaque. That is why we recently launched a consultation to address the disparities and inequalities within our current system." |