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School cuts briefings sent out to parents
‘Politically neutral’ group speaks out

SCHOOLS are circulating briefings on Tory budget cuts so parents can grill election candidates, the Morning Star can reveal today.

A school in Cambridge sent out a Parent Teacher Association memo saying cuts “adversely affect the education that schools can provide.”

The email attached a pamphlet from the Headteachers’ Roundtable, a “politically neutral” group, with a series of questions about cuts to school budgets for parents to ask political canvassers.

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