Nick Clegg sets out the Liberal Democrat education red line

Liberal Democrats will not enter a coalition with any party that does not agree to protect education funding. By setting education as a red line, any government with the Liberal Democrats must increase spending on nurseries, schools and colleges. Liberal Democrats want to protect per pupil funding from nursery to 19, in real terms, by the end of the parliament.

This would amount to £5.2bn more funding than is planned by the Conservatives and £2.5bn more than Labour.