«This announcement means that, with the Liberal Democrats in government, Wales could receive hundreds of millions of pounds of extra
funding over the next parliament.
Not exact matches
We don't know who will win the election but one thing we do know for certain though, is that whoever wins will preside
over a real terms cut in education
funding during the
next parliament.
The government said it had doubled
funding for school places to # 5bn during the last
parliament, creating half a million new school places since May 2010, with a further # 7bn committed to create more places
over the
next six years.
This is on top of an additional # 4.8 billion in school revenue
funding pledged
over the course of the
next parliament.
Given what he knows about National Insurance and pension costs, he thinks that the right figure for a real - terms cut in
funding over the life of the
next Parliament from the IFS forecasts is closer to 12 than to seven per cent.
In their pre-election manifesto, the Conservatives pledged to protect school
funding in cash terms during this
parliament, but we know this translates to a real - terms reduction
over the
next few years.