Claim: We have cut further education budgets by 50%.
Fact-check: Spending for adult skills fell by 40% between 2010 and 2015 - Full Fact
Verdict: incorrect. spending on core adult skills fell by 40% in england between 2010/11 and 2015/16, taking inflation into account. changes to funding make recent comparisons more complex but the overall picture is that non-apprenticeship core funding is set to fall slightly between 2016/17 and 2019/20, and adult apprenticeship funding is set to significantly rise.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Phaup
Date published: 2018-02-16T00:00:00