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TEACHERS in the NASUWT union have rejected the Tory government’s latest pay offer, warning it will exacerbate already plummeting morale across the sector.
More than two-thirds of teachers across England and Wales “disagreed or are angry” about the proposed award for 2022-23, which will see most educators get a below-inflation wage boost of just 5 per cent, according to the education union’s latest survey.
A large majority — 78 per cent in Wales and 72 per cent in England — said that the “inadequate and unacceptable” offer should be rejected.
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
