Response to IFS 'Schools Spending' report - Tristram Hunt

Tristram Hunt MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, responding to Schools Spending published by the IFS, said:

“This report is clear that under the Tories, education spending will face big cuts as a result of David Cameron’s extreme spending plans that will threaten standards for young people. Their plans will see spending on education cut in real terms and they are offering no protection to early years education, to Sure Start and to post-16 education and skills.

“Labour has a better plan for the future of education and a sensible approach to balancing the books. We will protect the entire education budget, from the early years to 19, in real terms. This is because we know that we need to invest in education so that the next generation can do better than the last and we understand the value of the early years and post-16 education.”

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