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by Felicity Collier
TEACHERS won a landmark victory yesterday when the Supreme Court ruled that an employer had deducted too much from workers’ wages following a strike.
Education union NASUWT argued that King Edward VI College in Stourbridge had wrongly calculated deductions from three teachers’ annual pay, after they withdrew their labour for one day in 2011.
ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
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