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THE government’s much-vaunted announcement of a £300 million cash injection for music lessons was dismissed yesterday as “a sticking plaster to cover a gaping wound” by teaching unions.
Unveiling the additional funding, ministers said the money would go to a network of 121 “music education hubs” across England over the next four years.
This would, they claimed, give hundreds of thousands more children and teenagers the opportunity to learn to play an instrument, sing in a choir or join a band.
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
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
