Restoring the £370 million that was mistakenly added to schools budgets after a funding gaffe would be “irresponsible”, the schools minister has said.
Labour called ministers to the Commons this afternoon to answer an urgent question after the Department for Education admitted it had inflated the 2024-25 school budget by 0.62 per cent after miscalculating pupil numbers.
A review has been commissioned into the error and schools have since been reissued with new initial budget allocations for next year.
