Cheney School's disappointment at loss of revamp cash (From Oxford Mail)
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Cheney School's disappointment at loss of revamp cash
3:00pm Thursday 8th July 2010 in News
A HEADTEACHER has said her school would have to improve on a “shoestring budget” after the Building Schools for the Future programme was axed by the new Government.
As reported in last week’s Oxford Mail, Cheney School, in Oxford, along with Iffley Mead in the city, Abingdon’s Larkmead and Banbury School, were to get a share of £62m.
Cheney head Jolie Kirby, said: “It would have been great to have been able to redesign Cheney School fit for the 21st century, but we are going to do the best we can on a shoestring budget.”
County council school improvement cabinet member Michael Waine said individual capital grants could fund some improvements.
Comments(7)
Bill Bryson
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4:28pm Thu 8 Jul 10
An emergency Tory budget would see tax credits axed, less support for the jobless and school leavers and police and schools budgets cut, he said.
The Tories have accused Labour of trying to "frighten" voters about its plans, emphasising their commitment to protecting the poorest and most vulnerable in society.
Election campaign quotes from May 1st. It looks like that nice Mr Broon was telling us the Truth, and naughty little Davey Boy was telling a lot of Porky-Pies
Patrick Ward
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4:36pm Thu 8 Jul 10
Bart Simpson1 wrote:Well said, Bart, and "you ain't seen nothin' yet!"
That what you get when you vote for the toffs and the wishy washy party. Don't remember them talking about these cuts during the election.
When the NHS cutbacks, service reductions in the Public Services, cuts in benefits, along with the business closures and job losses start to bite, we'll really feel the pinch.
charlie dup
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10:15pm Thu 8 Jul 10
PaulSte
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1:37pm Fri 9 Jul 10
Bart Simpson1 wrote:Bart - yet again you fail miserably to make the link between money available to spend and expenditure. The country is billions in debt. There is no money to spend. As a result, sadly, schemes like this have to be scrutinised. Unless of course you can help pay for it with that money tree you have in your back garden. I can only assume from your general comments on money handling that you have such a money tree.
That what you get when you vote for the toffs and the wishy washy party. Don't remember them talking about these cuts during the election.
Bill Bryson
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9:00pm Fri 9 Jul 10
PaulSte wrote:That is because it was all spent on your tory mates. The Little BANKERS. Billions wasted on them and they still take their massive bonuses. These cuts would not have happened under labour, they would have rode out the storm, remember that they saved us from the worst of the tory bankers theft from the country and built a recovery, now we have Davey Boy stealing it back at the cost to all of us NORMAL people, not that Call ME DAVES friends will suffer, I don't see Eton School teaching their kids in dilapidated buildings.
Bart Simpson1 wrote: That what you get when you vote for the toffs and the wishy washy party. Don't remember them talking about these cuts during the election.Bart - yet again you fail miserably to make the link between money available to spend and expenditure. The country is billions in debt. There is no money to spend. As a result, sadly, schemes like this have to be scrutinised. Unless of course you can help pay for it with that money tree you have in your back garden. I can only assume from your general comments on money handling that you have such a money tree.
JanetJ
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1:43pm Sat 10 Jul 10
Bart Simpson1 wrote:I don't suppose their children go to Cheney or schools like it do they?
That what you get when you vote for the toffs and the wishy washy party. Don't remember them talking about these cuts during the election.
Bart Simpson1 says...
3:04pm Thu 8 Jul 10