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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Atkinson

Ex-Tory education ministers call on next PM to help schools with soaring costs

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Two former Tory education secretaries have urged the next prime minister to ease cost of living pressures on schools as many warn they will struggle to pay bills.

The Guardian reports that without extra funding to help counter growing wage and energy bills and the burgeoning rate of inflation, headteachers have warned of redundancies, bigger class sizes and cuts to the curriculum.

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