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HUNDREDS of teachers, parents, school governors and supporters will descend on central Manchester today to protest against huge school funding cuts.
They will vent their fury over Chancellor Philip Hammond’s commitment to maintain funding for new grammar schools — while ignoring the financial plight of the rest.
The lunchtime rally has been organised by the National Union of Teachers (NUT).
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
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
