A group of Conservative MPs has warned the chancellor not to make “indefensible” cuts to education spending in his autumn statement this week, it has been reported.
According to The Times, 28 Tory politicians have written to Jeremy Hunt to say it “would not be morally right” to cut education spending when pupils are trying to catch-up on pandemic learning loss. The include former education secretary Kit Malthouse and other ex-Department for Education ministers.
It follows reports that Hunt is considering sticking to the 2021 spending review allocations, which were meant to increase school funding by 2.2 per cent in real-terms by 2024. He will deliver his autumn statement on Thursday.
