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A VIDEO by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) highlighting the disastrous effects of Tory cuts has “gone viral” on social media, reaching 3.2 million people in just three days.
The School Cuts film, released at the weekend, reveals that “one school is about to lose £1.5 million” as part of planned Tory education cuts.
It exposes that, despite Tory claims to be protecting school budgets, there have been a shocking £2.5 billion in cuts since 2015.
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
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