Government changes to education funding have redistributed cash from poorer areas to richer areas, a scathing report by a parliamentary committee has found.
The cross-party Public Accounts Committee found that the new national funding formula has cut funding in the most deprived parts of the country by 1.2 per cent but increased it by 2.9 per cent in the least deprived.
Further cuts to pupil premium spending have also cut £90 million from the most disadvantaged children, the MPs' investigation found.
The findings come despite the government's rhetoric and repeated claims to be "levelling up" left-behind parts of the country.
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