Building Schools For The Future Scrapped by The Conservatives

Bad decision IMO. Would only have cost a Billion pounds per year over the next 5 years and it would rebuild most schools in England, not only would it improve schools but it would give more confidence to the private sector companies which build the schools, but now it's been dragged away from both the companies and also our communities that were looking forward to new state of the art schools.

Do not understand why The Conservatives have done it, I understand you have to cut our debts but this should have been protected, it's not like £5billion over the next 5 years is even going to make a mark on our massive debt.

My school was due to get rebuilt later this year/early next year, it was in its planning phase and we had a £7M budget for it, I'm not assuming our school won't be rebuilt.

Very demoralizing, well done David Cameron.

My school was scheduled to be rebuilt, 18 years over how long it was meant to be up for and full of asbestos.. meh

It's just disgusting. The NHS has been protected from cuts and so should have been our education system.

What is wrong with our current schools that mean they need rebuilding instantly? Are they going to cave in within the next fortnight?

I think it's a good decision really. Improving the building doesn't really improve the school imo. However, what about the schools already being built? Will all that work and money be for nothing?

PS. I don't actually think the NHS is safe. A "super-hospital" was axed here recently by the government. Another idea that a new building would improve everything.

The NHS is protected its funding won't be touched.

If you've seen the state of most of the schools in the Midlands, you'd know that they'd need to be rebuilt.

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Originally Posted by Geraint

What is wrong with our current schools that mean they need rebuilding instantly? Are they going to cave in within the next fortnight?

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don't joke there are a few round nottingham who's buildings have been deemed structurally unsafe.

To be fair you cannot really blame the Conservatives for the mess Labour created, although at the same time I can see where you are coming from when they are refusing to cut the amount of managers within the NHS along with the EU and foreign aid budgets (EU budget tops around £10/15 billion per year and foreign aid is over £11 billion). In reality nothing should be protected from cuts except perhaps the military as we are fighting a war.

At the end of the day people need to remember when they are having all of these things cut/taken away from them to never vote Labour again - it may seem tempting when they are in opposition and you have a tired and run down government, but jesus lets not do it yet again.

The issue of education itself isnt really affected by the building itself and in order to restore confidence in the education system we need to bring back the Grammer schools which we disasterously scrapped a few decades back.

Not too sure if I like this idea or not. My old school is currently in the fase of being rebuilt by this project. Does this mean that will now stop and the school is now in trouble or what?

It was actually ideal for that school as them buildings have been there for years and years and years and it was actually looking very run down and needed upgrades. So I'm quite pleased it was allowed to be rebuilt for that reason. I can see why the stopped it due to money reasons, but surely we should be making sure our schools are actually fit for purpose? Meaning the buildings are good enough for the students and what not.

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Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

To be fair you cannot really blame the Conservatives for the mess Labour created, although at the same time I can see where you are coming from when they are refusing to cut the amount of managers within the NHS along with the EU and foreign aid budgets (EU budget tops around £10/15 billion per year and foreign aid is over £11 billion). In reality nothing should be protected from cuts except perhaps the military as we are fighting a war.

At the end of the day people need to remember when they are having all of these things cut/taken away from them to never vote Labour again - it may seem tempting when they are in opposition and you have a tired and run down government, but jesus lets not do it yet again.

The issue of education itself isnt really affected by the building itself and in order to restore confidence in the education system we need to bring back the Grammer schools which we disasterously scrapped a few decades back.

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Labour didn't cause a GLOBAL recession, and also, Gordon Brown led the world leaders in the part nationalisation of banks, praised by the likes of Obama - propagandist moron!

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Originally Posted by Frodo13.

Labour didn't cause a GLOBAL recession, and also, Gordon Brown led the world leaders in the part nationalisation of banks, praised by the likes of Obama - propagandist moron!

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If you are going to play that card then, maybe you should also admit as should the Labour Party and Gordon himself that it was a global boom during the period Labour were in office. I myself dont blame them for the international crisis - boom and bust is a fundemental part of capitalism and is good in the long term for every economy. I do however not stand by the idea that Labour were not in it and were innocent, it was Labour who removed regulation powers from the Bank of England and handed it to the pencil pushers at the FSA.

I will also not accept that praise by Obama is a good thing at all - yes Obama, the man who pledged to get US national debt down yet its now spinning more so out of control than it was doing so before. A government cannot sustain growth as the left likes to think, anything funded by the government is false growth and does not create wealth. The private sector is still shrinking and the public sector growing, we are still in reality, in recession.

I thought Saint Gordon abolished bust anyway? :P (his own words not mine)

*******S LOLOL I bet my school is so embarrassed atm LOL
They already had plans, and showed them to the whole school and everything, now for it to be scrapped they must be like 'Oh my lord'

Oh my God. You moaned for ages "NOT ENOUGH CUTS. NOT ENOUGH CUTS. CUT MORE COSTS. CUT MORE COSTS. UKIP WOULD HAVE DONE IT". Now you are saying they made a bad decision? Every little helps and this 5bn will help. You are just crying that UKIP aren't in power.

First you ask for more cuts, and then cry at the cuts. People like you only look at the negatives and only know how to moan.

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Oh my God. You moaned for ages "NOT ENOUGH CUTS. NOT ENOUGH CUTS. CUT MORE COSTS. CUT MORE COSTS. UKIP WOULD HAVE DONE IT". Now you are saying they made a bad decision? Every little helps and this 5bn will help. You are just crying that UKIP aren't in power.

First you ask for more cuts, and then cry at the cuts. People like you only look at the negatives and only know how to moan.

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Where have I moaned about the government cutting our waste?

I support all cuts, we spend far too much. However I am annoyed that other budgets such as the EU budget and foreign aid are increasing when our more important budgets (military/education and so on) are being slashed. It is called prioritising cuts and managing a budget properly. I know you being a Labour supporter would not understand this but i'll add it in also - these cuts are only cutting the deficit and not the overall debt which is expected to continue to grow over the next parliament - but dont worry, just continue voting in Labour because you are only making it worse for yourself as you and your children will be the ones who suffer.

I want UKIP in power yes obviously, but UKIP has nothing to do with this thread so lets not go there (again).

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Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

Where have I moaned about the government cutting our waste?

I support all cuts, we spend far too much. However I am annoyed that other budgets such as the EU budget and foreign aid are increasing when our more important budgets (military/education and so on) are being slashed. It is called prioritising cuts and managing a budget properly. I know you being a Labour supporter would not understand this but i'll add it in also - these cuts are only cutting the deficit and not the overall debt which is expected to continue to grow over the next parliament - but dont worry, just continue voting in Labour because you are only making it worse for yourself as you and your children will be the ones who suffer.

I want UKIP in power yes obviously, but UKIP has nothing to do with this thread so lets not go there (again).

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Yeah ok, lets just not spend anything for a few years and it will be all fine.
There is 25% spending cuts in all government depts, what more do you want? Its a start, one which is better than nothing. Seriously, do you ever stop moaning?

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Originally Posted by Saurav

Yeah ok, lets just not spend anything for a few years and it will be all fine.
There is 25% spending cuts in all government depts, what more do you want? Its a start, one which is better than nothing. Seriously, do you ever stop moaning?

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Because we are still spending out of our means, so I have not moaned about the government cutting back as you like to think because I have been arguing for big government cuts long before the debt hit the mainstream agenda. The fact is, you cannot spend your way out of debt and we are still pushing ourselves deeper and deeper into debt. The cuts are welcome, but they do not go far enough and do not hit non-important services such as foreign aid which should be cut back.

Now do you agree with me that non-important services should get the axe before important services such as the education sector?

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Originally Posted by Saurav

Yeah ok, lets just not spend anything for a few years and it will be all fine.
There is 25% spending cuts in all government depts, what more do you want? Its a start, one which is better than nothing. Seriously, do you ever stop moaning?

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I don't think you understand the state of our schools to be quite honest.