UP IN FLAMES!
Issue 1308
Established: 1987
Published weekly on a Thursday
40p
January 19 2017
‘TARGETING OUR CHILDREN’ MP slams government over new schools funding plan as union figures say:
• Bermondsey and Old Southwark could be worst hit place in country, by £1,051 per pupil • Camberwell and Peckham ranks as 2nd worst hit
• Dulwich and West Norwood is 9th
www.southwarknews.co.uk
Police release footage of dramatic arson attack p12
By Chiara Giordano
chiara@southwarknews.co.uk
BERMONDSEY MP Neil Coyle has blasted the Government for “targeting our children” after it was revealed that schools in the constituency of Bermondsey and Old Southwark could be worst hit in the whole country by funding cuts.
Labour MP Mr Coyle hit out at the Government after it was revealed his constituency could lose out on funding worth, on average, £1,051 (15 per cent) per child over five years. His comments came after six unions representing school staff
released a ‘league table’ ranking England’s 533 Parliamentary constituencies by the scale of cuts they are likely to suffer by 2020. The table, based on the new national funding formula announced in December, revealed that every MP in the country was likely to see schools in their area hit by a drop in funding. The Department of Education has proposed the changes in an attempt to eliminate inequalities in funding that currently see rural schools (including academies, grammar schools and comprehensives) receive less cash per pupil than urban schools. Full story on pages 10&11 Editorial - page 2
p41
THOMMO: MEMORY OF MY BROTHER JACK DRIVES ME
E EXCLUSIV
EXCLUSIVE: COUNCIL TAX RISE, MAYOR’S PRECEPT & ADULT SOCIAL CARE COULD SEE BILLS UP ALMOST 5%
24 HOUR MINI CABS
CASH FREE PHONES AT VERY BUSY HOSPITALS
SE1 BASED
0207 403 0303
PCO Drivers Urgently Wanted