Schools minister David Laws announced the extra funding for 2015/16 last month in a bid to offer a better deal for the “least-fairly funded local authorities in the country”.
He estimates four out of 10 councils will benefit and no council will lose money. But in a debate in parliament taking place tomorrow (Tuesday 29 April) the f40 group, which represents England’s lowest-funded education authorities, will tell MPs that the areas most in need will continue to lose out.
According to indicative figures, which are subject to a consultation that ends on 30 April, f40 says 62 councils will benefit but 19 low-funded education authorities, including Kent, Wakefield, Wigan and Torbay, will not see a rise in their funding.
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