The Liberal Democrats have announced a major funding commitment that would boost education in Surrey. Nick Clegg has given a Liberal Democrat manifesto commitment for a Pupil Premium that would mean investing around £ 25m of extra cash in Surrey schools, raising the funding for disadvantaged pupils to private school levels.

Cllr Jonathan Lees, Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate for Epsom & Ewell said: “I am delighted with this announcement. In one of the most prosperous areas of the country it’s nothing short of a scandal that children in Surrey have continued to lose out under Labour. Some of the schools here receive significantly less money than the national average and something must be done”. Read the rest of this entry.