Janet Daby (Lewisham East) (Lab):...I turn now to pressing issues
in my constituency which the Budget did not address: education and
social care. This April, 83% of schools will be worse off than in
2015. The National Education Union has claimed that the Budget does
not support a long-term plan for the millions of young people being
educated within a chronically underfunded system. The Government
know that a lack of funding is putting schools and colleges under
greater pressure: class sizes...Request free trial
(Lewisham East) (Lab):...I turn
now to pressing issues in my constituency which the Budget did not
address: education and social care. This April, 83% of schools will
be worse off than in 2015. The National Education
Union has claimed that the Budget does not support a
long-term plan for the millions of young people being educated
within a chronically underfunded system. The Government know that a
lack of funding is putting schools and colleges under greater
pressure: class sizes are rising; subjects are being dropped; SEN
support is disappearing; and inadequate pay is making the staff
crisis worse. Furthermore, on the issue of SEN spend and support,
from next month, councils will no longer be able to reduce
education budget deficits by taking money out of other spending.
That will almost certainly squeeze funding for early years and for
special educational needs—two areas already financially
stricken—and force even more parents towards legal action to get
the necessary support for their child’s education...
