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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Dominic McGrath

Colleges and sixth forms to bear brunt of funding squeeze, “stark” IFS report warns

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Early years education, colleges, sixth forms and universities will all face a difficult few years ahead, experts have warned, after being left out of the funding increases announced by the Chancellor last month.

In a “stark” new report, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned that rising costs as a result of surging inflation over the last year has left colleges and sixth forms in particular in a “difficult position” in the wake of Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement.

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