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PM announces £1bn BSF-light fund to rebuild crumbling schools

By and 2020-06-29T09:46:00

Regent High School, Somers Town, London - by Walters and Cohen Architects

Source: Dennis Gilbert

Fund is a fraction of what NAO said was needed

A £1bn funding programme for 50 major school building projects in England is being promised by the prime minister.

An additional £560m has also been earmarked for repairs to crumbling school buildings.

The money is a fraction of Labour’s £55bn Building Schools for the Future programme which was axed in 2010 by Michael Gove who accused those working on the initiative of “creaming off cash”.

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