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Schools Minister David Laws tells us that he is unable to understand why the NUT is taking industrial action in the middle of talks.
Given that the minister thought that the only way not to draw attention to his sexuality was to claim £40,000 in housing expenses to which he was not entitled, his ability to judge what is acceptable is at best flawed.
Each of the unions engaged in talks with the minister is entitled to make its own call on whether to take industrial action.
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
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