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School children during a Year 5 class at a primary school
THE government’s “Austerity 2.0” attack on education will hit children and students at the youngest and oldest ends of the education system most, a damning new report has revealed.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said today that early years’ education, colleges, sixth forms and universities face difficulties “for years to come” after they were deliberately excluded from recent government funding increases.
Teaching union the National Education Union (NEU) said the report was a “stark reminder of the pitiful state of education” in Britain.
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
Investing the £75 billion slated for defence spending on a green new deal, healthcare and education would create jobs and help communities far more than weapons spending, argues UCU general secretary JO GRADY
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
