Showing posts with label campaign. Show all posts
Showing posts with label campaign. Show all posts

Wednesday, 31 March 2010

Newham and Haringey demand equality with Hackney for schools cash

Two days ago Haringey MP Lynne Featherstone wrote about a campaign to equalise pupil funding with Hackney.

Today Newham joined the fray. The Newham Recorder said the borough receives £5,071 per head of pupil compared with boroughs like Hackney and Tower Hamlets which get £6,170 and £6,289 per student.

The paper said: "The Newham campaign, 4in10: The End Child Poverty London Project has handed in a petition to Ministers signed by close to 1,000 supporters, calling for the review to deliver a fair deal for Newham's children."

Some boroughs are also complaining that Hackney has more than its fair share of policemen.

Could this be a dilemma for Hackney politicians? Tone down the success stories on crime and education to encourage more funding - or tone them up to encourage more voters? Here Mayor Pipe discusses the cash gathering game... at least when there isn't an election around the corner: The message must be clear not true