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Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 742open

Multilateral funding for education

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2026

That this House recognises the central importance of education to sustainable development, including its role in securing peace, prosperity and equality; expresses its serious concern that, despite these benefits, 273 million children and young people globally are out of school, while millions more are in classrooms but not learning the basics; notes that education financing in low and lower middle income countries is under unprecedented pressure, with domestic budgets constrained by rising debt and inflation, exacerbated by massive cuts to overseas development and humanitarian assistance which in the UK has resulted in an end to bilateral support for education; further notes that in the second half of 2026 both the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the global fund for education in emergencies, are raising funds for their next operational periods; welcomes the commitment made by the UK to maintain existing levels of support for ECW by pledging £80 million for the period 2027 to 2030; calls on the Government to do the same for the GPE, and pledge £430 million for the period 2026-2030; acknowledges that although a significant cut in real terms, maintaining UK funding at this level would enable GPE to train 1.15 million teachers, allow 11.49 million more girls to attend school, and improve the quality of education for over 84.3 million children by 2030; and urges Ministers to attend the Global Education Summit during the United Nations General Assembly in New York and affirm the UK’s commitment.