Austerity

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The report you cited said 'Education spending has since fallen in real terms as spending cuts began to take effect from 2010 onwards' which is because of austerity.

All parties including the instigators of under funding have said they will invest more to recruit more teachers, improve buildings and increase pay.

Although spending by schools themselves has risen by 5% or £220 per pupil between
2009–10 and 2017–18, they have taken responsibility for many services previously provided
by local authorities, where spending has fallen by more than 50% or £650 per pupil.
Incorporating cuts to local authority spending and sixth-form funding, total school
spending per pupil has fallen by 8% in real terms over the same period and was only
about 14% higher in 2017–18 than in 2003–04.




Looks like the spending is on the rise, but spending on solely EDUCATION has fallen due to the schools being expected to provide more than just schooling (cradle to grave government socialism). Also the number of students is expected to rise quite a bit as well.


Families should be responsible for raising their children, they should house and feed and clothe and bathe and all the things PROVIDE for their children....I'd feel worthless if I couldn't do that for my family, but some people love that sweet life treating the social safety net like a hammock, I find it disgraceful.

So local authorities have been spending less because they have been given less by the government. Which is what austerity has caused. "Malnourished pupils with grey skin are "filling their pockets" with food from school canteens in poor areas due to poverty" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-43611527

No one said families should not provide the basics for children but there are more families facing poverty and inequality has increased with austerity.