PARENTS, teachers and MPS are being encouraged to lobby government education ministers to secure extra funds for Wiltshire schools.

County councillor Angie Barker is pleading with people to write to Education minister Estelle Morris to demand higher budgets this year.

Schools across the county will be encouraged to get involved with the lobbying to prevent Wiltshire missing out on vital cash.

Cllr Barker said: "We should be working together to secure the future of our children and our schools. Estelle Morris needs to know the strength of local feeling."