Mark Garnier, MP for Wyre Forest, is continuing to keep up the pressure on ministers to address an imbalance in the school funding system which leaves pupils in Worcestershire with less.
Worcestershire is among a group of the lowest funded education authorities in England. Government-set cash allocations for primary and secondary pupils in the county are the lowest in the country. Mark has been campaigning to resolve this issue for 7 years. Last week he spoke up for teachers and pupils in a debate on the subject.
He said: "Given that we have had that inequality for 20 years and that we have a very strained economic environment, it is vital that we resolve this problem as soon as possible and in the best way possible."
Wyre Forest's MP also praised the commitments of local teachers:
"It is a tribute to the teachers [in Wyre Forest] that they choose to work in those financially constrained conditions when they could take the easy option and move 8 miles up the road to Birmingham where they would receive 45% more money. They choose to look after our students and pupils and we should pay tribute to them for that."
The Government published a consultation in March 2012 called "Next steps towards a fairer system". However, Mark wants ensure that this issue remains at the forefront of the Government's agenda.