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Tens of thousands of school workers spared Welsh registration fee hike following Unison campaign

TENS of thousands of school and college workers in Wales have been spared a registration fee rise following a Unison campaign.

Since 2016, all 50,000 learning support workers in Wales must be be registered with the Education Workforce Council.

The certificate costs £45 a year but was subsidised by the Welsh government so learning support workers only paid £15.

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