Further Education Institutions Debate
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Alison Bennett
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Further Education Institutions
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Anna Dixon
I commend my hon. Friend for being such a champion for Bolsover and wanting to secure opportunities for her constituents to get the education that they deserve. I am sure that the Minister heard her words.
By improving education across the board, including further education, we can increase social mobility and address the stark regional disparities across the UK. Social mobility is a core Labour value.
Anna Dixon
Absolutely; it is vital that we get more capital as well as more revenue funding into FE.
Alison Bennett (Mid Sussex) (LD)
The hon. Lady is being generous with her time. I want to mention Haywards Heath college, which closed but was then able to reopen in 2020, thanks to the work of Mid Sussex district council and the previous MP. Does the hon. Lady agree that extending the pupil premium into further education colleges would make their financial sustainability more secure?