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Fears have been raised that the sugar tax, earmarked to invest in children’s sports and healthy eating programmes from April 2018, could be diverted to plug holes in education funding.
Local council leaders have said the government must find new funds to pay for its boost to schools funding, amid concerns that money due to be raised from the levy on sugar-packed soft drinks will be used to make up the shortfall.
The Local Government Association, which represents more than 370 councils in England and Wales, said it was crucial the levy was protected, given significant cuts to councils’ public health budgets, slashed by £531m over five years.
Izzi Seccombe, chair of the LGA’s community wellbeing board, said she had “grave concerns the government is hijacking this money to plug funding shortages elsewhere.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...ap-in-school-funding-is-perverse-say-councils
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Local council leaders have said the government must find new funds to pay for its boost to schools funding, amid concerns that money due to be raised from the levy on sugar-packed soft drinks will be used to make up the shortfall.
The Local Government Association, which represents more than 370 councils in England and Wales, said it was crucial the levy was protected, given significant cuts to councils’ public health budgets, slashed by £531m over five years.
Izzi Seccombe, chair of the LGA’s community wellbeing board, said she had “grave concerns the government is hijacking this money to plug funding shortages elsewhere.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...ap-in-school-funding-is-perverse-say-councils
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