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Anna Davis

London’s poorest children ‘left behind in levelling up tragedy’

School children in London (PA)

(Picture: PA)

Children in poor parts of London have been left out of plans to “level up” education, school leaders warned on Thursday.

Education experts said it was a tragedy that pockets of “aching poverty” in London are being masked by the overall wealth of the city, and warned that the improvements made by schools in the capital over the past two decades could be put at risk if funds are diverted elsewhere.

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