Nick Clegg is doing the rounds this morning as the Lib Dems release new figures highlighting a previously unidentified performance gap between poor children based on which part of the country they live in.
The gap between the GCSE results of poor children in different parts of the country has dramatically widened over recent years. This gap is now bigger than the national performance gap between rich and poor children, and between poor children and the rest.
Speaking on the Today Programme the Lib Dem leader made clear that he would guarantee extra funding “come what may” to reduce class sizes which would be paid for by £1bn in savings from the quangos and £1.5bn from phasing out tax credits for above average income families.
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