Newsletter for West Hull

Newsletter for Hessle

The funding will go direct to headteachers and schools can choose how to spend the money as they see fit, from building new classrooms or science laboratories to fitting out new gyms or ICT facilities.

In addition, the Government has allowed Hull council to bring forward nearly £2.5 million for larger school building projects co-ordinated by the local authority – making a total of nearly £8.5 million of spending this year.

This week’s announcements mean a total of over £14.5 million will be spent on school buildings and repairs in Hull from April this year.

This is all part of the Government’s efforts to put extra money into the economy this year to help the country through the recession. It is the hope that local schools will spend the money - not just to improve facilities for pupils - but to support small businesses and jobs in the local area too.

But it’s disappointing that the Tories oppose our plan to bring forward spending on school buildings. Just at the time when we should be supporting the economy, the Tories say they would actually cut spending, including billions of pounds from our school rebuilding programme. This would be bad news for local schools and bad news for local businesses.