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Schools face years of funding cuts if Tories win election, say thinktanks

IFS says funding will fall by nearly 3% by 2021, with the Education Policy Institute thinktank drawing similar conclusions Schools in England will face real-terms funding cuts for years to come if the Conservatives win the general election, according to analyses by two thinktanks. The figures show year-on-year falls over the coming parliamentary term despite a Conservative manifesto promise to redirect £1bn in additional funding to state schools by slashing free school meals for infants.

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