We have a banker as PM, what’s the excuse for poor accounting?
Never underestimate the Conservative Party’s ability to make a cynical and nasty policy decision and then implement it badly, leading to doubly unnecessary hardship for others. I’m that area, its abilities know no bounds.
So what happened he was told that they needed to spend more money on the schools than is currently being spent, he heard the words “more money” and immediately decided to cut funding below current levels, which were already inadequate, because Tories don’t like spending money.
Consequences are for little unimportant people. Unless of course in a few years you become prime minister in which case suddenly consequences apply to you. Damnit!
Anyone with two neurones to rub together would have worked out that this was going to come back and bite him in his arse. The man has the critical thinking skills of a tea towel.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Phillipson has written to the cabinet secretary, Simon Case, to request an investigation by the National Audit Office, the public spending watchdog, to ensure the “extremely concerning” errors in funding for schools in England would not be repeated.
“This is creating yet more stress and pressure for headteachers, affecting staffing decisions, judgments about school purchases and additional support that can be made available to pupils.”
One local authority, Norfolk, is said to be receiving £5.6m less for its schools as a result of the revisions, while headteachers across England have had to redraw budgets and make difficult decisions for next year.
Acland-Hood told Robin Walker, the chair of the Commons’ education select committee: “I would want to express my sincere apologies that this error has occurred, and reassure you that rigorous measures are being put in place to ensure that it will not be repeated.”
Phillipson said an external, independent review was necessary, telling the Guardian the funding debacle was “another hammer blow to the relationship of trust between schools, families and government”.
Separately, the general secretaries of England’s four main teaching unions have written to Keegan asking her to restore the £370m to school budgets or break the government’s commitment in the House of Commons when the original figures were published.
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