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6th-form teachers strike as Tories’ ban routed in court
SIXTH-FORM college teachers went on strike yesterday over funding cuts after the High Court rejected a government request for an injunction against the action.
Members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) held a packed rally in the Camden Centre in north London and rode to Westminster on Routemaster buses with banners reading: “Education — invest, don’t cut.”
The one-day strike is a response to years of “inadequate funding” for post-16 learning from the Department for Education (DfE).
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