The axe is lifted...
In March, Camborne Science & Community College, Pool Business & Enterprise College, Redruth School, Humphry Davy School, Poltair School and Curnow Special School were all promised they would share in £69million from the government's Building Schools for the Future programme. All six schools were to have been rebuilt or refurbished.
Now, no-one I speak to really believes the schools will see a penny. A comprehensive spending review is expected to scrap the scheme by the autumn. The Conservatives on their own do not have a Parliamentary majority for cutting schools' spending. I look forward to hearing from Cornwall's three Liberal Democrat MPs about how they plan to vote on this issue in the months ahead.
I'm ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Devon’s Graham Smith, blogging on news, views and some fresh insights into West Country life, particularly the way government works locally and nationally.
Comment number 1.
At 21st May 2010, Compadre wrote:And what are we to make of George Eustice's less than half hearted defence? Here's the crunch George, you said that Cornwall needed an advocate on the government benches, show us the colour of the money.
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