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NICKY MORGAN has “intentionally deceived” teachers and parents over cuts to school budgets, National Union of Teachers leader Kevin Courtney told strikers yesterday.
He said the Tory Education Secretary should be ashamed of her claim this weekend that school budgets were at the same level in real terms.
And speaking in support of the tens of thousands of striking teachers, Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell said plotters calling for Jeremy Corbyn to resign were partially motivated by his support for proper education funding.
In the second part of a two-part article, CONOR BOLLINS asks why the government’s ambition when it comes to the military is not applied to sectors where it could do real good
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
