MPs urge Chancellor to increase education funding and make it fairer
More than 80 cross-party MPs have written to Chancellor Philip Hammond urging him to increase school and special needs funding before permanent damage is done to the education of children across England. MPs Gary Streeter (Cons), Laura Smith (Lab) and Layla Moran (Lib Dem), who are all vice chairs of the f40 education fair funding […]
Liberal Democrat MP welcomed as new Vice Chair of f40 fair funding campaign
Fair funding for schools campaign group f40 today announced the appointment of Layla Moran MP as its new Liberal Democrat Vice Chair. Layla, a committed campaigner for fairer funding for schools, who represents the constituency of Oxford West & Abingdon, will play a leading role on f40’s behalf in Parliament and coordinate activities among Liberal […]
New Vice Chair welcomed by f40 fair funding campaign
Fair funding for schools campaign group, f40, today announced the appointment of Laura Smith MP as its new Labour Vice Chair. Laura, a former teacher who represents the Crewe & Nantwich constituency in Cheshire, will play a leading role on f40’s behalf in Parliament and coordinate activities among Labour MPs representing f40 and other poorly […]
MPs to hear f40’s updated school funding campaign demands
F40 – the group that has fought for fair funding for schools in England for over two decades – has published a Briefing Paper outlining its current position in relation to the national funding formula for schools and will present it to Members of Parliament on Monday 15 October. Following the introduction of the government’s […]
New Vice Chair welcomed by f40 fair funding campaign
Fair funding for schools campaign group, f40, today announced the appointment of Gary Streeter MP as its new Conservative Vice Chair. Gary, who represents the South West Devon constituency, will lead on the campaign group’s Parliamentary activity. F40 chair, Councillor Ivan Ould, who is also Lead Member for Children’s Services in Leicestershire, said: “I am […]
F40 launches updated campaign position on school funding
F40 – the group that has fought for fair funding for schools in England for over two decades – has published a Briefing Paper outlining its current position in relation to the national funding formula for schools. Following the introduction of the government’s new national funding formula (NFF) in April, f40 has reviewed its position […]
F40 and ASCL agree to work together to campaign for fair funding for schools
F40 – the group that has fought for fair funding for schools in England for over two decades – is teaming up with the Association of School and College Leaders to continue the fight for fairer funding for schools. Following the introduction of the government’s new national funding formula in April, f40 has agreed to […]
F40 survey shows continuing support for ongoing campaign on fair funding for schools
A survey organised by the f40 Group has concluded that the government’s plans for a new national funding formula (NFF) for English schools are welcomed as a step in the right direction but more work needs to be done to make funding fairer still. Forty-one of the group’s 42 member authorities responded to the survey […]
F40 response to government announcement on fair funding
The f40 Group, which has campaigned for fairer funding of education for over 20 years, has broadly welcomed the latest government announcement on school funding. Responding to an announcement by the Secretary of State for Education, the Rt. Hon. Justine Greening MP, to the House of Commons today, f40 Chairman, Cllr Ivan Ould, said: “There […]
Final announcement on National Funding Formula
Dear Secretary of State, Final announcement on National Funding Formula As you will be aware, the f40 Group, which has campaigned for fairer funding of education for over 20 years, largely welcomed your announcement to Parliament in July on school funding and we publicly stated that we hope that it means that all schools can […]
