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Boroughs are already facing the need to find savings of £700m next year.

The mood music has been bleak for schools - with a group of Tory MPs writing a letter pleading for funding to be protected.

Teaching organisations say it's not just the core teaching and care at risk of erosion, but the pastoral and cultural columns that help to support a rich learning environment. A similar percentage predicted cuts to learning support staff and teaching assistants. Half are looking at shedding teachers and cutting teaching hours.Will promises made by Boris Johnson about new or improved health facilities fall by the wayside?The wide assumption is that health spending will be protected in cash terms.

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