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SCHOOLS in England are facing their “worst cuts in a generation” as the Tory axe falls on another £2.5 billion a year of funding.
But teachers are fighting back and will stage three protest rallies this month.
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) says that as the government’s public spending cuts accelerate, losses will rise to £2.5bn a year by 2020, affecting 92 per cent of English schools.
The wealth of the super-rich grows by £35 million daily while our NHS and schools collapse — that’s why thousands of us will be gathering in London demanding that the billionaires foot the bill for the many crises they have caused, writes TYRONE SCOTT
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK