Major funding cuts in further education could hit London teenagers disproportionately, local authorities have warned. London Councils, which represents all 32 local authorities in the city, says that the 17.5 per cent cut for all full-time 18-year-olds will hit the capital hard as it has more learners of this age than anywhere else in the country. Youth unemployment is also higher in London than the national average.
The cut, due to take effect in September, will see funding for each 18-year-old set at £3,300 – 40 per cent less than that for GCSE students. The rate for 16 to 18-year-olds is set at 22 per cent less. Further education providers could lose as much as £700 per 18-year-old student.
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