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Thousands of schools face having hundreds of millions of pounds cut from their budgets as a punishment for being prudent.

A third of schools, including nurseries and special schools, have amassed almost £500 million in surplus cash in case of future cutbacks, official figures revealed.

First rule of public sector budgeting.

Always outspend your budget. If you don\’t they\’ll only cut next year\’s.

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The Great Simpleton
The Great Simpleton
15 years ago

yep, that’s why so many office car parks get tarmacked at this time of year.

Brian, follower of Deornoth
Brian, follower of Deornoth
15 years ago

The public sector have extracted all the plunder there is to be had out of the productive economy; now, the only people left to steal from are fellow-looters.

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