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Striking members of the National Education Union (NEU) on Piccadilly march to a rally in Trafalgar Square, central London, in a long-running dispute over pay, March 15, 2023
TEACHERS are due to begin a ballot today on whether to accept a below-inflation 2.8 per cent pay offer from the government.
The National Education Union (NEU) has launched a preliminary consultation on the unfunded offer, warning that it would lead to school cuts and worsen the teaching recruitment crisis.
It says the pay increase would “do nothing to repair the damage to the competitive position of teacher pay against other graduate professions.
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
