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COUNCILS suffering massive cuts have been forced to spend more than £22 million in taxpayers’ cash on academy conversions in the last two years alone, research revealed yesterday.
The Local Government Association (LGA) said local taxpayers have subsidised schools that have become academies to the tune of £22.4m since 2011.
Town hall leaders pointed out that they’re being forced to pay to implement the Tory policy when their budgets have been cut by 40 per cent.
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK