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Teaching union launches a political campaign for a raft of revolutionary measures including a 35 hour working week
A primary school teacher next to piles of classroom books

NASUWT launched a political campaign for a raft of radical measures including a 35-hour working week but stopped short of calling for strikes for pay at its annual conference at Harrogate this weekend.

General secretary Dr Patrick Roach urged Labour to show commitment to teaching as he outlined his “starter for 10” for Sir Keir Starmer in his union’s “new deal for teachers.”

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