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Department for Education addresses £1 billion of unrealistic inherited spending commitments

Access to Michael Gove's letter outlining how and why £1 billion in reductions will be made.

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

(Updated 14 July 2010)

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Department for Education has produced a document regarding the Secretary of State’s announcement concerning end-year flexibility.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp document covers how £1 billion in reductions will be made, why this is being done and what programmes are affected.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp letter from the department to local authorities sent Wednesday 14 July can be downloaded from this page.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp table with more details of end-year flexibility can be downloaded from this page in pdf or Excel formats.

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Published 5 July 2010