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.”
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
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


