Telford MP Lucy Alan criticises Jeremy Corbyn over school comments
Telford's MP has criticised Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn for using a visit to a school for "tribal political games".
Lucy Allan has written to Mr Corbyn following his visit to Newdale Primary school last week.
Following the visit, Mr Corbyn tweeted:
He also told the Shropshire Star that parents at the school approached him at the school and "apologised" to him for the election result, in which Ms Allan retained her seat ahead of Labour candidate Kuldip Sahota.
Ms Allan refuted Mr Corbyn's claims of cuts and said she was "saddened" by the Labour leader's comments.
In her letter, Ms Allan said: "During your visit to Telford, you visited one of our excellent primary schools.
"I am delighted you had the opportunity to see first hand what a fantastic school it is. In Telford we are very proud of this school and all it has achieved for our children.
"I was saddened that you used our school to make inaccurate party political remarks from your Twitter feed attacking the Conservative party.
"You claimed wrongly that the school was subject to Conservative funding cuts.
"Almost all schools in Telford benefitted from an increase in funding under the Government's proposed changes including the school you visited.
"This is easy to check on the Department of Education website.
"In Telford we are proud of our schools and our children. We are pleased to show them to our visitors.
"We do not welcome people using our schools or our children for tribal political games. I am sure on reflection you regret using this lovely community in this way."
Ms Allan herself visited Newdale Primary School in Marlborough Road on July 14, when the school held a day of celebrations to mark an outstanding rating from Ofsted.
She said: "This is a tremendous achievement and it's wonderful to see such well deserved recognition of all the hard work of pupils, staff, governors and parents. Everyone involved in the school can be rightly proud of this success."
She said the celebrations were "uplifting" and added: "I particularly enjoyed the carnival atmosphere. I have sent a copy of the Ofsted report to the Secretary of State, Rt Hon Justine Greening MP and I have asked her to send the school her congratulations."
