Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces funding for schools

Watch as Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces funding for schools in the budget, along with a change to universal credit.

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00:00I am providing £6.7 billion of capital investment to the Department for Education next year,

00:06a 19% real-terms increase on this year.

00:12That includes £1.4 billion to rebuild over 500 schools in the greatest need, including

00:19St Helens Primary School in Hartlepool and Mercia Academy in Derby, and so many more

00:25across our country.

00:28We will provide £2.1 billion more to improve school maintenance—£300 million more than

00:35this year—ensuring that all our children can learn somewhere safe, including dealing

00:41with rack-affected schools in the constituencies of my right hon. Friends Watford, Stourbridge,

00:49Hindburn and beyond.

00:52Alongside investment in new teachers and funding through thousands of new breakfast clubs,

00:58this Government are giving our children and young people the opportunities that they deserve.