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Evening Standard Comment: London’s schools must not be levelled down

The Government has announced 55 education ‘cold spots’ in England that will benefit from levelling-up funding (Martin Rickett/PA)

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The long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper has two glaring absences. The first is new money — it is reliant on allocations from last year’s Spending Review. The other is support for London.

What will be concerning many parents is the warning from school leaders that children in poor parts of the capital are being left out of plans to level education.

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