However, it was more than the £400m to help schools in England “buy the little extras they need”, equivalent to £10,000 per primary school and £50,000 per secondary school. The Labour MP Jess Phillips criticised the chancellor’s announcement that the money was spending on “kit”. She tweeted: “Phil my kids school is talking about shutting early on Fridays because they can’t staff it. It’s not because they don’t have footballs. FFS (the F is not fiscal).”