![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/sacked-education-secretary-swipes-at-10bn-cycling-plans-as-schools-face-cuts/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/0_Government-Ministers-Attend-Weekly-Cabinet-Meeting.jpg&description=Kit Malthouse, who was booted out as Education Secretary when Rishi Sunak became PM this week, called on the PM and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt not to resort to "salami slicing" of government departmentsKit Malthouse said schools are 'struggling' and warned against massive cuts across all departmentsA sacked former cabinet member has aimed a swipe at £10 billion plans to encourage people to walk and cycle - while schools brace themselves for devastating cuts. Kit Malthouse, who was booted out as Education Secretary when Rishi Sunak became PM this week, called on the PM and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt not to resort to "salami slicing" of government departments. Mr Hunt will deliver an autumn statement on November 17, in which he is expected to usher in a new era of Tory austerity as officicials try to fill a £40bn black hole left after Liz Truss left. Mr Malthouse, who was in post for just six weeks before being replaced by Gillian Keegan on Tuesday, said that in the past the Treasury has told government departments they must slash budgets "in order to spread the pain widely". Calling for education to be spared, he wrote in The Telegraph that the sector is "struggling" and said he was surprised that billions had been committed to transport initiatives ahead of sweeping cuts. Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are expected to unleash a fresh wave of austerity cuts ( JESSICA TAYLOR/UK PARLIAMENT/UNPIXS) He said: "Headteachers across the land are gritting their teeth and sharpening their pencils to make next year's budget work. "So imagine my surprise when I read that a transport minister had boasted at the dispatch box that the Government plans to spend £9.9 billion on 'cycling and walking objectives'." The cash was referenced by transport minister Lucy Frazer, with the government aiming for half of trips across England to be made on a bike or on foot by 2030. The former minister said the past month had been "economically traumatic" and admitted there are "profound questions" about how){kind=link}
Kit Malthouse, who was booted out as Education Secretary when Rishi Sunak became PM this week, called on the PM and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt not to resort to “salami slicing” of government departments
A sacked former cabinet member has aimed a swipe at £10 billion plans to encourage people to walk and cycle – while schools brace themselves for devastating cuts.
Kit Malthouse, who was booted out as Education Secretary when Rishi Sunak became PM this week, called on the PM and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt not to resort to “salami slicing” of government departments.
Mr Hunt will deliver an autumn statement on November 17, in which he is expected to usher in a new era of Tory austerity as officicials try to fill a £40bn black hole left after Liz Truss left.
Mr Malthouse, who was in post for just six weeks before being replaced by Gillian Keegan on Tuesday, said that in the past the Treasury has told government departments they must slash budgets “in order to spread the pain widely”.