As a head teacher, I see the impact every day of 14 years of cuts.

Here in Milton Keynes schools have lost 24.2 million since 2010.

And we're not the only ones.

Seven in 10 schools have suffered cuts. We have fewer teachers, less money for basic

resources and no money for essential repairs. It's children who are paying the price. As a head

teacher I expect the Chancellor to make sure every

school is properly funded. Go to schoolcuts.org. UK to find out more.

This is Hugo Rifkind.

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I'm Ed Vasey and we're going to be unpacking the politics of the day and stuff that's even more important than politics.

We're going to do it with Timandra Hartness who's in the studio with me now.

Welcome to the show.

Hi, it's good to be back.

And Matthew Bell, maybe. No, he's not joining us because we can't get him on the line.

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