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An education campaign group has claimed that up to 75 Bath teachers would be lost under Tory and Lib Dem education policies.

Labour has said the group's analysis, which show its plans would lead to 52 more teachers in the city, indicate that “neither the Conservatives nor the Liberal Democrats are on the side of our young people”.

But the Tories and Lib Dems have denounced the analysis of official figures by campaign website School Cuts, calling the figures "fabricated" and "utterly false".

The union-backed website used data from the Institute of Fiscal Studies, HM Treasury and the Department for Education to come up with its figures.

According to its analysis, a total of £2.5 million would be cut from Bath school budgets by the Conservatives and £1.1 million by the Liberal Democrats, whereas an extra £1.7 million would be allocated to local schools by Labour.

School Cuts has calculated that the funding cuts would mean 75 fewer teachers across Bath under Conservative plans and 26 fewer teachers under Lib Dem proposals.

The group is backed by the National Union of Teachers, education union ATL, school leaders’ union NAHT and general trade union GMB.

It concludes that, out of the 29 schools in Bath, all would gain funding under Labour, 25 would lose funding under the Conservatives and 18 would lose funding under the Lib Dems.

The biggest losses would be at Ralph Allen School, which would lose £384,466 under the Tories and £230,071 under the Lib Dems. Under Labour, its funding would be boosted by £142,089, according to School Cuts' findings.

Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Bath, Joe Rayment, said: “It has now become absolutely clear that neither the Conservatives nor the Liberal Democrats are on the side of our young people.

“What is on the ballot paper at this election is the number of teachers in our schools. You can vote for 75 fewer teachers under the Conservatives, 26 fewer teachers under the Lib Dems or 52 more teachers under Labour.”

Bath’s prospective Tory MP Ben Howlett said the findings must be “fabricated” given the Conservative Party’s manifesto commitment that no school will lose out in real cash terms.

He said: “We have committed to put £4.1 million into the next Parliament so no school in Bath, not a single school in Bath, will lose in real cash terms because we believe in investing in education.

“Schools will have their budgets supported by our manifesto commitment.”

Wera Hobhouse, the Lib Dems’ candidate for Bath, called the figures “utterly false”.

“The Liberal Democrats have made it clear we will invest an extra £6.9 billion to ensure no school and no child loses out, including an additional £25 million for Bath and North East Somerset.

"I was a teacher and there is no way I’m going to sit back and see my former colleagues lose their jobs, at the expense of our children’s future.

"Liberal Democrats have consistently campaigned against the current unfair schools funding formula used by the last Labour government as well as the Conservatives.

"Furthermore the highly respected independent Institute of Fiscal Studies has highlighted the fact that Labour's manifesto promises do not add up."

A School Cuts pledge to vote against any real-terms cuts to school funding has been signed by Mr Rayment and the Green Party candidate for Bath, Eleanor Field.

Mrs Hobhouse said: “I look forward to receiving an invitation from the ‘School Cuts’ website to sign their pledge.