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• 14 years of the Tories – education and children’s services

  25-06-2024 13:27
  
   Head of education Mike Short on how staff, pupils and students are all paying the price for a government that has abandoned educationThe Conservative government has overseen a dramatic decline in the state of the education sector.
  Schools have been grappling with insufficient funding ever since 2010. As school budgets reach breaking point, there are inevitable consequences for the quality of education being provided to young people, as well as the working conditions of school staff.
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• 14 years of the Tories – health

  25-06-2024 13:22
  
   Head of health Helga Pile offers a chronicle of hapless restructuring, endless cuts, cronyism and disrespectAs we approach this momentous election, concern about the NHS is the top issue on voters’ minds. And looking back over the last 14 years, it’s no wonder.
  The coalition years, with the Liberal Democrats, kicked off in 2010 with spending increases for the NHS pegged back to 1%, when around 4% a year was needed just to keep up with demand.
  At the 2012 London Olympics, the NH
  
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• 14 years of the Tories – local government

  25-06-2024 13:16
  
  Head of local government Mike Short on why councils and council workers are ‘in the depths of crisis’The last 14 years have seen the local government sector hollowed out by a Conservative government that has no interest in local democracy or local services.
  Local government has long struggled for proper recognition for the vital work that it does. Unless you need a social worker, library or a youth centre, you may not notice what’s happened to these services under the Tori
  
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