Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, comments on news that Rishi Sunak will be the new Prime Minister.
“We welcome Rishi Sunak to the role of Prime Minister and wish him every success at this difficult time for our country.
“With his Chancellor, he must now make some important decisions over the country’s finances. We implore him to remember the importance of education as an investment not only in the life chances of children and young people, but in the economic future of the country too, and to ensure that schools and colleges have the funding they need.
“Indeed, it was a General Election manifesto commitment of the Conservative Party in 2019 to ‘give the public services the resources they need, supporting our hospitals, our schools and our police’.
“With his Chancellor, he must now make some important decisions over the country’s finances. We implore him to remember the importance of education as an investment not only in the life chances of children and young people, but in the economic future of the country too, and to ensure that schools and colleges have the funding they need.
“Indeed, it was a General Election manifesto commitment of the Conservative Party in 2019 to ‘give the public services the resources they need, supporting our hospitals, our schools and our police’.
