Comment on Chancellor’s mini budget

Responding to the Chancellor’s mini budget, ADCS President Steve Crocker said:

“Today’s mini budget provides some much needed relief for households and public services through the capping of energy bills. The energy bill relief scheme will benefit schools, colleges and early years settings at a time of significant financial uncertainty. Whilst the measures announced today for these settings are welcome, this must be part of a wider, long-term funding settlement that addresses the financial pressures education settings continue to face.

“The bleak reality behind the worsening cost of living crisis is families being forced to make tough decisions every day between eating or keeping warm as fuel, energy, food and household bills have risen dramatically. We know that more children and families have fallen into poverty since the pandemic began and this worrying trend will continue throughout the winter months. Without serious government intervention we will see more children and families requiring the support of local authority children’s services which are already stretched. Clearly, urgent action must be taken.”

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