A furious MP has invited Theresa May to collect her son from classes after his school revealed it was considering closing early on Fridays to save money.

Labour's Jess Phillips revealed on Twitter that the school had told parents the school could start shutting at 1pm on the last day of the week.

In a letter, the unnamed school explained it was considering the move in order to reduce the number of teachers on the payroll - and could potentially stop its provision for pupils with complex needs.

Dear @DamianHinds and @theresa_may cheers for this. Here is an email from my son's school I just received. #welcometomyworld pic.twitter.com/ufu66fu4Lo — Jess Phillips (@jessphillips) March 5, 2019

In a series of tweets, the Birmingham Yardley MP told the prime minister and Education Secretary Damian Hinds to "f*** your little extras".

This is a reference to Philip Hammond's budget announcement of £400m in extra funding for schools to help them, in his words, "buy the little extras they need".


The phrasing caused anger among parents and teachers, who accuse the government of not putting enough money into education.

She tweeted: "Dear @DamianHinds and @theresa_may cheers for this. Here is an email from my son's school I just received. #welcometomyworld.

"Oh while I'm here @DamianHinds @theresa_may feel like a report to @EHRC coming on from the same email from my son's school #f***yourlittleextras.

"I'm guessing my Tory colleagues kids schools are not so similar crippled that they can only stay open 4.5 days a week.

"I'd like to once again invite @theresa_may to come to my constituency, if she could come on a Friday and pick my son up from school at 1pm as his school can't afford to stay open. In fact I think I'll leave him on the steps of @10DowningStreet."

Speaking later on Sky News, Ms Phillips said schools in her constituency were at "breaking point" and called for more funding.

"They can say the Labour Party love to spend money. Do you know what? I like spending money more than I like children in poverty."



Labour MP @jessphillips says schools in her constituency are at "breaking point" and they need more funding: pic.twitter.com/i10xyal6kP — Sky News Politics (@SkyNewsPolitics) March 6, 2019

She said: "They can say the Labour Party love to spend money.

"Do you know what? I like spending money more than I like children in poverty."

A Department for Education spokesperson said: "We have protected the core schools budget overall in real terms since 2010, and put an additional £1.3bn into core schools funding across 2018-19 and 2019-20, over and above plans set out at the last Spending Review.

"While there is more money going into our schools than ever before, we recognise the budgeting challenges schools face and that we are asking them to do more.

"That's why we're supporting schools and head teachers, and their local authorities, to make the most of every pound."