YOUR report, “Work on schools could begin in two years, MP told” (Echo, July 27), was overly optimistic.
I met with the minister responsible for the Building Schools for the Future scheme so I could raise my concerns about the axing of more than £100m of school building projects in my Bishop Auckland constituency.
What he told me was that there will not be any new capital investment in the next two years and that in 2012 new money is not by any means guaranteed.
I hope this clarifies this matter, as I would not want readers to get the wrong impression from your article.
Helen Goodman, Labour MP, Bishop Auckland.
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