Tristram Hunt MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, commenting on David Cameron’s comments on education funding said:

“The Tory claims on protecting schools are unravelling as David Cameron has been forced to admit that his plans will see a real-terms cut to spending on schools.

"The truth is that you can’t protect schools when you have plans to take spending as a share of GDP back to levels not seen since the 1930s.

"Labour has always prioritised schools and would be able to do so again because we have a balanced approach to bringing down the deficit, unlike the Tories’ risky plan not just to balance the books but to cut for year after year afterwards.”