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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nina Lloyd

Spending review: Schools to get more funding but police warned to ‘do their bit’

The Chancellor will unveil her spending review next week (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Wire)

Schools are set to receive a funding boost in the spending review, a Cabinet minister has indicated, as he insisted other public services must “do their bit” amid concerns about cuts to other budgets.

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said the Government will commit to investing “the most we’ve ever spent per pupil” next week, but declined to rule out the prospect of a real-terms squeeze on areas such as policing.

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