David Walker outside Whttington school campaigning against school cuts
Education cuts damage our future economic success by placing a ceiling on productivity, innovation and growth. Cutting education budgets is counterproductive. It is economic madness and damages the social mobility and futures of our children and successive generations.
We should be doing more to invest in education, to free future generations to be the best that they can be and to improve our productivity. We should invest in our children, and our children’s future.
David Walker campaigning against school cuts
This month I have been on two marches organised to defend local services from Conservatives cuts. Strangely, no Conservative MPs were present at the march. Conservative Councillors were in short… Read More »Education march against Conservative cuts
Last week the National Union of Teachers announced the estimated cuts to every School Budget by 2020. Based on current Government policies, the total estimated reduction across all schools in Shropshire… Read More »Shropshire school budgets cut by £13.4m according to NUT
The cabinet may have caved in on their reckless closure policy… For now. Don’t be fooled that the threat has gone away. They (the cabinet) may be battered and bruised… Read More »Schools threat has not gone away
Conservative lead Shirehall’s decision to close 22 primary schools, merge 16 more and indirectly threaten more with the same, has sent shock waves throughout Shropshire. Shock waves which are now… Read More »School Closures – a massive blow for communities
