School building programme axed. Perhaps not much surprise:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/jul/05/school-building-programme-budget-cuts
This is bad even by Tory standards:
Wealth of experience of education there.
What's the betting acadamies get a bit more flexibility than the rest?
Also, a complete pile of shit from Gove:
Because a project on one site is just the same as one on 700 hundred different sites. I'm inferring that 699 of them aren't 3 years behind.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/jul/05/school-building-programme-budget-cuts
This is bad even by Tory standards:
A comprehensive review of all school capital projects will be launched, chaired by Sebastian James, group operations director of DSG international plc and a contemporary of David Cameron from Oxford University. The review team also includes Kevin Grace, director of property services at Tesco, Barry Quirk, chief executive of Lewisham, John Hood former Vice-Chancellor of University of Oxford and Sir John Egan, former Chief Executive of Jaguar and BAA.
What's the betting acadamies get a bit more flexibility than the rest?
Also, a complete pile of shit from Gove:
He said: "There are some councils which entered the process six years ago which have only just started building new schools. Another project starting this year is three years behind schedule.
"By contrast, Hong Kong international airport, which was built on a barren rock in the South China Sea and can process 50 million passenger movements every year, took just six years to build - from start to finish."
"By contrast, Hong Kong international airport, which was built on a barren rock in the South China Sea and can process 50 million passenger movements every year, took just six years to build - from start to finish."
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