GLOUCESTERSHIRE STANDARD SPENDING ASSESSMENT

leave out from second 'that' to end and add 'notwithstanding an increase in Gloucestershire County Council's standard spending assessment of ú64 million in two years, and an increase in its education standard spending assessment of ú35 million in the same period, the Council still claims that it is having cuts forced upon it; notes with regret the Council's obvious inability to manage its financial affairs; and calls upon it to concentrate more of its resources on meeting the needs of the pupils and less on misleading their parents about the cause of its difficulties.',