‘budget cuts’ Archives
Lambeth schools cuts – Gove pulls back!
Some good news for Lambeth schools came through late on Friday. As we mentioned a few weeks ago, a number of projects in the borough were under threat after a series of cuts to Labour’s refurbishment and rebuilding programme were announced by Education Secretary [Read More]
Lambeth council leader on local cuts
Over on audio boo there is a recording of council leader Steve Reed’s speech to the council about the impact of the “Tory budget”, particularly the way central cuts are likely to filter down locally. This includes the millions being axed from the local school building [Read More]
Lambeth school cuts – Petition
As we have been banging on about on Twitter, Lambeth council have launched a petition against the recent cuts announced by the coalition Conservative Government to the school building programme in Lambeth. You can sign it here – and please pass it on to your contacts! [Read More]
School cuts in Lambeth
A new week, a new kick in the particulars from the Conservative government. After last week’s VAT rise, we now have the final masterstroke in Michael Gove’s plan to stop that horrific scheme to continue improving schools. You can just see it now, the last Labour [Read More]
Clapham – more VAT and more cuts
As we mentioned last week, Clapham Town is going to be hit very hard by Gideon’s recent budget. It was bad enough watching him next to a grinning Nick “chuckle brother” Clegg while he chucked big parts of our society onto a giant bonfire, but then it was followed up [Read More]