UK PUBLIC FINANCES At the Budget (March 2017) The Treasury forecast £58.3bn of borrowings in 2017-18. The out-turn was 30% lower, at £40.5bn At the same Budget the Treasury forecast £40.8bn borrowings in 2018-19. This has since been reduced to a fore… read more
I renewed my request for better settlements for local schools in my meeting yesterday with the Education Secretary. I have regularly lobbied for a better overall settlement for Education, and for a better share of the total for Wokingham and West Berk… read more
I renewed my request for better settlements for local schools in my meeting yesterday with the Education Secretary. I have regularly lobbied for a better overall settlement for Education, and for a better share of the total for Wokingham and West Berk… read more
I see some contributors here are out to belittle the amount of money we save when we leave the EU. Let me set out the official figures again: OBR March 2018 p217 EU financial settlement 2019 figures (assuming we still pay full amount that year) GNI … read more
I am meeting the Education Secretary this afternoon to go through the case for better levels of school funding in Wokingham and West Berkshire. The final budgets for 2018-19 for Wokingham schools total £98.742 million, compared to £94.45m last year, a… read more