Pre-school and further education may face cuts in spending review

 David Laws, the schools minister. Photograph: Clive Gee/PA
<P>The education department has settled its spending figures for 2015-16, David Laws, the schools minister, has said.</P>
<P>According to two people present, Laws told a meeting organised by the IPPR thinktank on Wednesday that the department had reached a settlement and he said he was pleased about the outcome for schools.</P>
<P>This could imply that the settlement for further education and

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