We will ensure that any future funding package includes ring fenced resources for university expansion and skills development. The political failure to restore power-sharing in Stormont, has led to a deepening of the financial crisis, with a delay in decision making leading to the decay at the heart of our education sector. It is disgraceful that schools are now resorting to writing to parents asking for support so that schools can be properly resourced - this cannot continue and increased funding for schools will form a central principle of any package which SDLP MPs secure.
positive towards equality or social justice, e.g. protection of underprivileged groups or fair distribution of resources