IFS says cuts and inflation far outweigh £900m promised new spending, undermining levelling up ambitions
Government spending on adult education and apprenticeships in England will be 25% lower in 2025 than in 2010, despite the extra £900m promised in last year’s spending review, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
The IFS calculated that the additional funding only partially reverses the 38% fall in overall spending on adult education and apprenticeships over the decade since 2010-11, when the Conservatives entered government, due to austerity and inflation.
