Unions are warning that Greater Manchester mayor candidate Andy Burnham’s plans for technical education will struggle without increased school funding. According to the National Education Union (NEU), asking schools to “do more with less” is not sustainable and risks undermining delivery of additional technical or vocational provision. The union response frames current funding constraints as a key barrier to implementing the proposed changes at school level, arguing that capacity and resources are required for expansion and effective training. The reporting describes the NEU leader’s position that technical education ambitions cannot be realized solely through reallocating existing resources within schools. Overall, the accounts focus on the funding challenge and the unions’ concern that the plans will not progress as intended if budgets remain tight. No alternative policy details or specific figures are included in the provided excerpts, but the central point across sources is that unions link the feasibility of Burnham’s technical education proposals to the availability of adequate school funding.