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Sixth-form and college teachers to strike over pay, cuts and conditions

TEACHERS at 34 sixth-form colleges and academies are walking out on strike on Tuesday over pay, conditions, terms of employment and government cuts.

Funding for education for 16 to 19-year-olds has been cut by more and for longer than in schools, the National Education Union (NEU) has warned.

And funding increases announced before the general election are “grossly inadequate,” the union said.

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