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Union chiefs have released a devastating search tool which claims to show the full extent of cuts to your child's school under the Tories.

The National Education Union and other unions have updated their School Cuts search tool to take in funding pledges from the main parties in the general election .

And it portrays starkly how funding per child in 2020 would compare with 2015 if Labour or the Tories were in power.

Put in your postcode and the tool will also show you if your local candidates have pledged to vote against school cuts if they win.

The coalition of unions say the Tories' plans will not reverse school cuts since 2015, while the Lib Dems' would restore funding to 2015 levels and protect budgets for five years.

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Labour's plans, the unions say, will reverse school cuts suffered since 2015 and go beyond this to give schools more money.

The analysis is of course produced by unions, who are traditionally aligned to the Labour Party.

But the general picture is backed up by the independent Institute for Fiscal Studies.

The think tank said: "Labour and Liberal Democrats propose significantly more spending than the Conservatives on health and schools."

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It added of the Tories' plans: "Yes, there are some spending increases for health and education already promised, but essentially nothing new in the manifesto."

Labour's manifesto says it would raise a spending increase over three years to £25bn.

There would be free school meals and maximum class sizes of 30 for all primary school children.

The Tories meanwhile re-stated an announcement that teachers' starting salaries would reach £30,000.

There would be a £1bn fund spread over three years to provide more childcare with focus on activities in school premises.

But there is no new cash for schools in the manifesto - aside from mentioning £14bn already announced.

The Lib Dem manifesto vows to hire an extra 20,000 school teachers on starting salaries of £30,000 and 50 hours a year of professional development.