Government row breaks out over proposals to slash spending for PE in schools

2026-01-27 - 18:50

Both the health and education departments have proposed cuts to funding for physical education A major row between government departments has broken out after the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) proposed cutting all its funding for physical education in schools, the Guardian understands. The DHSC is now intending to restore the funding despite insisting privately for weeks that it would end its contribution, until the Guardian contacted the department. Ministers are understood to have overruled the cuts. Continue reading...