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TEACHERS voted today (Saturday) to take co-ordinated strike action before the end of the summer term.
Delegates at the National Union of Teachers conference in Cardiff vented their fury at the government for claiming to have maintained school funding while budget cuts have hit hard on the ground.
And a prominent parent campaigner told the conference that kids were sitting in classrooms in their hats and coats because the heating had been turned off - and backed teachers’ strikes.
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
