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LABOUR has dismissed the government’s “inadequate” plans to pump £26 million into school breakfast clubs across England.
According to the Department of Education today, more than 1,770 state schools will receive the cash, with money targeted at the most disadvantaged areas of the country.
Two charities, Family Action and Magic Breakfast, will be responsible for running the clubs, which are due to start this spring.
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
NICOLA SARAH HAWKINS explains how an under-regulated introduction of AI into education is already exacerbating inequalities
