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Anger as schools funding stays low
by Conrad Landin

PHILIP HAMMOND has ignored the anger of thousands of parents and teachers who gave the government a bloody nose in this year’s election, education unions have warned.

The National Education Union said schools would need £2 billion a year of extra funding to restore real-terms per pupil funding to 2015-16 levels.

But in his Budget yesterday, Chancellor Mr Hammond side-stepped the funding shortage and announced a series of piecemeal changes for schools instead.

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