Row as Councillors Demand Action on £9 Million School Deficits without Cutting Staff

Row as councillors demand action on £9 million school deficits without cutting staff

Dispute as Monmouthshire councillors demand staff protections as spending reduced.

Row over plans to tackle £9.3m school deficits without cutting staff

Twm Owen, Local Democracy Reporter A demand that a plan to reduce school deficits approaching £9 million doesn’t impact staffing levels has led to a row among councillors. Conservative councillors called for the report as the figure, which is the combined amount built up by schools that have spent more than they have been funded […]

Argument breaks out again over threat to school staffing levels weeks into new term

A row has broken out over a plan to reduce school deficits in Monmouthshire. Staff at a school in Abergavenny walked out over the issue earlier this year.