Burnham: A Tory govt in which Lib Dems have accepted jobs
Andy Burnham, shadow education secretary, writing in the Guardian, launches an attack on Nick Clegg:
“Raucous Tory cheers for deep cuts will have helped cement an impression that had been forming in the public mind. This is no coalition government. This is a Tory government in which Liberal Democrats have accepted jobs.
“It is hard to detect any discernible Liberal Democrat influence in the detail of Wednesday’s announcements. One by one, Nick Clegg’s reassurances to his MPs, councillors and members are falling to bits.
“And it gets worse for Clegg. Under the draft terms of the funding mechanism for the pupil premium, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said that it could have the perverse effect of siphoning funding away from more disadvantaged inner city schools to those in more affluent areas.
“We now have not one but two major Lib Dem broken promises on education.
“Ruthless Tory ministers have chewed up and spat out Mr Clegg.”
