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Education / 30 April 2026
30 April 2026
The Bank of England in the City of London
Economy / 22 April 2026
22 April 2026
Daniel Kebede general secretary, National Education Union (NEU) at the NEU conference at the Brighton Centre, East Sussex, March 30, 2026
NEU Conference 2026 / 2 April 2026
2 April 2026
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) hold an 'A Christmas Carol' themed rally outside Rachel Reeves' office in Leeds, December 13, 2024
NEU Conference 2026 / 2 April 2026
2 April 2026
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) hold a rally o
NEU Conference 2026 / 31 March 2026
31 March 2026
People hang out on the sidewalk during a blackout in Havana, March 17, 2026
NEU Conference 2026 / 31 March 2026
31 March 2026
Protesters write on placards outside the High Court, central London, February 13, 2026
NEU Conference 2026 / 31 March 2026
31 March 2026
People take part in a Million Women Rise march outside Charing Cross Police Station in central London, ahead of International Women's Day. The march is in protest against men's violence against women, police violence, racism and misogyny, March 5, 2022
NEU Conference 2026 / 30 March 2026
30 March 2026

A major conference motion calls on educators to challenge far-right narratives and confront misogyny in schools. VONNI HARDMAN explains

A general view of pupils sitting an exam at Lawrence Sheriff school Rugby, Warwickshire
NEU Conference 2026 / 30 March 2026
30 March 2026
A general view of a sign displaying a 'good' Ofsted rating outside St Luke's CE Primary School in Tower Hamlets, London, September 2, 2024
NEU Conference 2026 / 30 March 2026
30 March 2026
Striking members of the National Education Union (NEU) on Piccadilly march to a rally in Trafalgar Square, central London, in a long-running dispute over pay, March 15, 2023
NEU Conference 2026 / 31 March 2026
31 March 2026

Years of austerity and political failure have left classrooms overcrowded and staff overstretched – now educators are organising across roles to demand change, says ED HARLOW

Workers' Rights / 30 March 2026
30 March 2026
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NEU Conference 2026 / 30 March 2026
30 March 2026

Austerity is breaking the education system. We must unite to save our schools and pay our teachers properly, says NEU national president ED HARLOW

School girls walking to school
Workers' Rights / 30 March 2026
30 March 2026
teaching
Economy / 29 March 2026
29 March 2026

Only a radical overhaul of the economic programme — and proper wages for the working class — will put Britain on the road to recovery, says EFREM CRAIG

Daniel Kebede, the General Secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), joins a picket line at Regent High School in north west London, July 5, 2023
Features / 26 February 2026
26 February 2026

This weekend, the NEU holds a special conference to debate changing its approach to organising teaching assistants, which a 2017 TUC agreement forbids. General secretary DANIEL KEBEDE outlines the choices before delegates

Pupils in a classroom
Education / 23 February 2026
23 February 2026
The sign for the Senedd, the Welsh parliament building in Cardiff, July 16, 2024
Local Government / 10 February 2026
10 February 2026
UCU members at Edinburgh University gather for a rally in George Square, Edinburgh, September 8, 2025
Features / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026

DR GLYN ROBBINS ties fights at universities and sixth-form colleges to the consequences of the market system that began a generation ago with tuition fees

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Social Media / 22 January 2026
22 January 2026
Social media apps
Mental Health / 19 January 2026
19 January 2026

The National Education Union general secretary speaks to Ben Chacko on growing calls to protect children from a toxic online culture

Features / 23 December 2025
23 December 2025

NEU members at Woodfield School in north London are taking sustained industrial action against enforced cuts to learning support assistants’ hours and pay. MARY ADOSSIDES reports

School children in a classroom
Education / 18 December 2025
18 December 2025
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) hold a rally o
Education / 27 November 2025
27 November 2025
Workers' Rights / 17 November 2025
17 November 2025
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) hold an 'A Christmas Carol' themed rally outside Rachel Reeves' office in Leeds, as sixth form college teachers in England continued strike action into January over a pay dispute, December 13, 2024
Workers' Rights / 10 November 2025
10 November 2025
lockdown easing
Features / 7 October 2025
7 October 2025

The NEU kept children and teachers safe during the pandemic, yet we are disgracefully slandered by the politicians who have truly failed our children by not funding a proper education recovery programme — here’s what is needed, explains KEVIN COURTNEY

Members of the National Education Union (NEU) hold a rally o
Education / 1 October 2025
1 October 2025
Workers' Rights / 29 September 2025
29 September 2025
Workers' Rights / 18 September 2025
18 September 2025
Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025
TUC Congress 2025 / 8 September 2025
8 September 2025

Unison leader says international direct action needed to get aid to Palestinians and prevent more Israeli war crimes

Trade unionists and protesters form a blockade outside weapons manufacturer BAE Systems in Rochester, Kent, in protest over the Israel-Gaza conflict and calling for an immediate ceasefire to halt the killing of civilians in Palestine. Over 400 trade unionists including health workers, teachers, hospitality workers, academics and artists are shutting down entrances to the arms factory which provides components for military aircraft currently being used by Israeli forces in the bombardment of Gaza. Picture da
TUC Congress 2025 / 9 September 2025
9 September 2025

Investing the £75 billion slated for defence spending on a green new deal, healthcare and education would create jobs and help communities far more than weapons spending, argues UCU general secretary JO GRADY

Palestinians take cover during an Israeli strike on a building in Gaza City, September 7, 2025
TUC Congress 2025 / 9 September 2025
9 September 2025

The people of Palestine need our solidarity in actions not words – trade unionists must give them our full support in their darkest hour, writes DANIEL KEBEDE

Pic: Neil Terry
Britain / 25 July 2025
25 July 2025

 Birmingham’s striking bin workers and supporters bring waste sites to a standstill

Members of the National Education Union (NEU) take part in a rally through Westminster to Parliament Square, London, July 5, 2023
Letter / 19 June 2025
19 June 2025
NEU Conference 2025 / 17 April 2025
17 April 2025
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage poses outside The Waterford Lo
Britain / 15 April 2025
15 April 2025
National Education Union vows to fight Reform UK's election candidates and racist policies
A view of a BP petrol station sign
NEU Conference 2025 / 15 April 2025
15 April 2025
People take part in a Palestine Solidarity Campaign rally in
NEU Conference 2025 / 15 April 2025
15 April 2025
NEU delegate David Room speaks at the union’s conference i
NEU Conference 2025 / 15 April 2025
15 April 2025
NEU conference urges Labour to fix school funding crisis by getting rid of academy bosses earning over £500,000
Striking members of the National Education Union (NEU) at a
NEU Conference 2025 / 15 April 2025
15 April 2025
RON BROWN makes the case for the Morning Star as the daily paper of all trade unionists, and especially education workers who have seen it cover their issues and their actions, day in, day out
Striking members of the National Education Union (NEU) on Pi
NEU Conference 2025 / 15 April 2025
15 April 2025

Educators must fight for an inclusive, creative system that values all children

NEU Conference 2025 / 15 April 2025
15 April 2025
Although our sector is hearing better things from the current government, the recognition that what we do is education in its own right, rather than just childcare, is still not reflected in policy, writes LUCY COLEMAN
NEU Conference 2025 / 14 April 2025
14 April 2025

Pupils in a classroom
NEU Conference 2025 / 14 April 2025
14 April 2025
(left to right) Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, P
NEU Conference 2025 / 14 April 2025
14 April 2025
A child's hand pressing a key of a laptop keyboard
NEU Conference 2025 / 14 April 2025
14 April 2025
TEACHERS STAND TALL: Members of the NEU make a clear show of
Features / 14 April 2025
14 April 2025
The NEU’s annual conference promises heated debate, with motions on international politics, curriculum reform and union amalgamation likely to provoke strong reactions and challenge the status quo, writes Education for Tomorrow editor ROBERT POOLE
Daniel Kebede, the General Secretary of the National Educati
Britain / 11 April 2025
11 April 2025
Stand Up to Racism Sabby Dhalu co-convenor speaks at a side
Stand Up / 2 March 2025
2 March 2025
Farage's far-right party seek to scapegoat migrants to weaken workers' rights, Stand Up to Racism conference warns
NEU members on the picket line outside Longley Park Sixth Fo
Britain / 21 January 2025
21 January 2025
School children in a classroom
Britain / 17 December 2024
17 December 2024
NEU general secretary Daniel Kebede joins a rally outside Ra
Britain / 13 December 2024
13 December 2024
Striking members of the National Education Union (NEU) at a
Britain / 13 December 2024
13 December 2024
Britain / 12 December 2024
12 December 2024
An anti-racism ‘Unity Over Division’ counter-protest in
TUC Racial Discrimination and Equality Conference ’24 / 4 December 2024
4 December 2024
A school teacher looking stressed next to piles of classroom
Britain / 28 November 2024
28 November 2024
NEU delgation to Cuba
Features / 6 November 2024
6 November 2024
ROBERT POOLE reports back from his mission to Cuba delivering aid and learning from Cuban educators

Pupils in a classroom
Britain / 21 October 2024
21 October 2024
DAILY HUMILIATION: Palestinians children this Thursday in a
Features / 18 October 2024
18 October 2024
The NEU is pushing for a comprehensive end to arms sales to Israel and support for BDS campaigns as part of broader trade union efforts to pressure the government, writes LOUISE REGAN
Amazon staff members on a GMB union picket line outside the
Britain / 10 October 2024
10 October 2024
Unite's Sharon Graham says the Bill fails to end zero-hours contracts and fire-and-rehire
School children in a classroom
Britain / 8 October 2024
8 October 2024
A lunch tray in the school canteen during the beginning of t
Britain / 10 September 2024
10 September 2024
Demonstrators at an anti-racism protest in Walthamstow, Lond
TUC Congress 2024 / 10 September 2024
10 September 2024
The trade union movement needs to step up to confront the menace of fascism head on, argues DANIEL KEBEDE
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during his speech and press
Britain / 9 September 2024
9 September 2024
Union figures weigh in on Starmer's government at Morning Star's TUC fringe event
School children in a classroom
Britain / 3 September 2024
3 September 2024
Meanwhile, independent review finds Ofsted’s initial response to the death of Ruth Perry was ‘defensive and complacent’
Michael Gove speaking outside BBC Broadcasting House in Lond
Britain / 18 August 2024
18 August 2024
A car burns during an anti-immigration protest in Middlesbro
Britain / 7 August 2024
7 August 2024
Unions say politicians and media bear ‘share of responsibility’ as riots sweep Britain’s streets
NEU general secretary Daniel Kebede
Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival 2024 / 20 July 2024
20 July 2024
National Education Union general secretary DANIEL KEBEDE talks to Ben Chacko about the crisis in education, the need for fair pay and how to see off the threat of Farage
Britain / 19 July 2024
19 July 2024
MESSAGE FOR LABOUR TOO: Members of the National Education Un
Opinion / 3 July 2024
3 July 2024
ROBERT POOLE dissects Labour’s plans around education
DETERMINATION: London NUT members on their way to a rally at
Features / 22 June 2024
22 June 2024
SARAH GREEN recalls the history of the union and tradition of militancy and industrial unity
NEU FUTURE: Young members at the national conference
Features / 22 June 2024
22 June 2024
SOPHIE HOUGHTON explains why young workers are organising and winning in the workplace
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow health secre
Britain / 13 June 2024
13 June 2024
But the National Education Union warns the party's proposals contain no mention of reversing education cuts
Britain / 4 June 2024
4 June 2024
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak issues a statement outside 10 Dow
Britain / 22 May 2024
22 May 2024
TRAGEDY FORETOLD: Ruth Perry
Features / 1 May 2024
1 May 2024
NEU leader DANIEL KEBEDE warns that educators are at breaking point under the cruel regime of Ofsted
Features / 6 April 2024
6 April 2024
Sending solidarity to sister teaching union the NEU, MATT FLAMENCO sums up his union’s conference and its choices on campaigning activity and industrial action
NEU president Emma Rose
Features / 6 April 2024
6 April 2024
NEU president EMMA ROSE addressed the union's conference at Bournemouth International Centre this week
A general view of a school safety zone sign, January 3, 2021
Britain / 5 April 2024
5 April 2024
NEU Conference 2024 / 5 April 2024
5 April 2024
ON THE FRONT FOOT: NEU members take part in a rally through
NEU Conference 2024 / 4 April 2024
4 April 2024
As the NEU meets for its annual conference, teacher and union rep ROBERT POOLE reflects on the most intense period of industrial action in his teaching career
Striking members of the National Education Union (NEU) on Pi
NEU Conference 2024 / 4 April 2024
4 April 2024
NEU Conference 2024 / 4 April 2024
4 April 2024
NEU general secretary DANIEL KEBEDE warns that after 14 years of Conservative rule, fatigue, hunger and poor health are commonplace in Britain’s schools
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) take part in a
Britain / 3 April 2024
3 April 2024
Students and a teacher in a classroom
NEU Conference 2024 / 3 April 2024
3 April 2024
A UK five pound, ten pound, twenty pound and fifty pound not
TUC Northern conference / 24 March 2024
24 March 2024
Britain / 23 February 2024
23 February 2024
TUC urges workers to ‘take their lunch break and finish on time’ this Work Your Proper Hours Day
School children in a classroom, November 27, 2019
Britain / 22 February 2024
22 February 2024
A general view of a school safety zone sign
Britain / 16 February 2024
16 February 2024
School children in a classroom, November 27, 2019
Britain / 12 February 2024
12 February 2024
Students sitting an exam
Britain / 31 January 2024
31 January 2024
Features / 12 January 2024
12 January 2024
Teacher ROBERT POOLE reflects on the year past and the year to come, as education staff prepare to fight the government not just for their rights, but for the future and purpose of schooling itself
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) take part in a
Features / 9 December 2023
9 December 2023
General secretary of the National Education Union DANIEL KEBEDE argues that anything less than total demolition of the new strike legislation will bring the very point of unions into question
School children during a Year 5 class at a primary school
Britain / 7 November 2023
7 November 2023
Features / 5 November 2023
5 November 2023
GEORGE BUCHANAN reflects on what British teachers learned from their counterparts in Cuba following a study tour to the communist-governed Caribbean country, where unions are at the heart of decision-making
A lunch tray in a school canteen
Britain / 19 September 2023
19 September 2023
Fresh calls for free school meals as 79% of school staff are now helping students with dinner money
National Education Union general secretary Daniel Kebede
TUC Congress 2023 / 11 September 2023
11 September 2023
Morning Star editor Ben Chacko interviews the new general secretary of Britain's biggest industry-specific union
Caroline Evans, head teacher of Parks Primary School in Leic
Britain / 1 September 2023
1 September 2023
Labour calls for audit of all public-sector buildings after schools forced to close over collapse-risk concrete
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: NEU rally in Parliament Square, London, on
Features / 7 July 2023
7 July 2023
The refusal to negotiate on pay is further evidence of an out-of-touch government, writes LUCY COLEMAN

Demonstrators interrupt Labour party leader Sir Keir Starm
Britain / 6 July 2023
6 July 2023
Protesters gatecrash Starmer's education speech, accusing leader of backpedalling on green pledges
People listen to Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary Nat
Britain / 2 July 2023
2 July 2023
‘Labour will need to be prepared to go further if they are to begin to solve the current crisis,’ NAHT leader says
A photograph of Ruth Perry attached to the fence outside Joh
Britain / 12 June 2023
12 June 2023
One-word ratings kept despite headteacher's tragic death
Features / 29 May 2023
29 May 2023
From marking to cheating, from saving time to cutting jobs, secondary school teacher and NEU rep ROBERT POOLE considers the role AI may play in education
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan speaks during the formal
Britain / 25 May 2023
25 May 2023
NEU, NAHT and NASUWT tell Education Secretary Gillian Keegan to ‘urgently restart’ negotiations
People listen to Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary Nat
Features / 3 May 2023
3 May 2023
As the strikes rumble on, NEU rep ROBERT POOLE asks if, with the four main teaching unions set to take joint action, it is time for one big education union
People listen to Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary Nat
Britain / 2 May 2023
2 May 2023
Tens of thousands of teachers walk out of schools and sixth-form colleges across England
Dr Mary Bousted (centre), joint general secretary of the Nat
Britain / 6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Outgoing leaders of the National Education Union Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney thank members for ‘so many great years’
Striking members of the National Education Union (NEU) on Pi
Britain / 6 April 2023
6 April 2023
NEU members overwhelmingly back motion to ‘work with other unions and the TUC to campaign for the removal of all anti-trade union laws’
Members of Unison (left to right) James Denny, George Binett
Editorial: / 5 April 2023
5 April 2023
A photograph of Ruth Perry attached to the fence outside Joh
Britain / 5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Teachers demand end to Ofsted inspections after tragic suicide
Britain / 5 April 2023
5 April 2023
National Education Union overwhelmingly backs motion that says too many schools still lack safe spaces for LGBT children
Striking members of the National Education Union (NEU) South
Britain / 4 April 2023
4 April 2023
NEU back three-day walkout as Tories continue to show ‘blatant disregard for children and the teaching profession’
Delegates from the NEU conference in Harrogate hold up a ban
Britain / 4 April 2023
4 April 2023
The Institution of Employment Rights fringe at the NEU confe
Britain / 4 April 2023
4 April 2023
The lack of respect towards this area of education is sympto
Features / 4 April 2023
4 April 2023
Although today they are underpaid and undervalued, support staff are instrumental in the struggle for better schools — we need to strengthen their participation in the NEU, argues primary teacher EFREM CRAIG
The strategic shift to building workplace organisation, comb
Features / 4 April 2023
4 April 2023
HOWARD STEVENSON explains that the recent successes of the teaching unions were the result of a conscious turn to politics and a strategic approach to building workplace power
Delegates gather at the NEU Conference 2023 in Harrogate
Britain / 3 April 2023
3 April 2023
Teachers condemn Tories' obsession with academisation and urge for return of schools to local authorities
Striking members of the National Education Union (NEU) on Pi
Features / 3 April 2023
3 April 2023
by LOUISE ATKINSON, NEU president (based on her speech to NEU conference 2023)
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) during a rally
Britain / 3 April 2023
3 April 2023

Striking members of the National Education Union (NEU) at
Britain / 24 March 2023
24 March 2023
Headteacher Flora Cooper, wearing a black armband, stands ne
Britain / 21 March 2023
21 March 2023
Flora Cooper, executive headteacher at John Rankin Schools, had planned to refuse entry to inspectors following the suicide of another school leader
Photos from the Palestine visit. Many schoolchildren struggl
Features / 19 March 2023
19 March 2023
ANYA COOK reports back from an NEU educational visit to Palestine in February
Striking members of the National Education Union (NEU) on Pi
Britain / 17 March 2023
17 March 2023
NEU, NASUWT, NAHT and ASCL agree to a ‘period of calm for two weeks’ with no further strikes announced
Striking members of the National Education Union (NEU) on Pi
Britain / 15 March 2023
15 March 2023
Hunt's Budget slammed for failing to tackle pay disputes as hundreds of thousands strike nationwide
Former education secretary Gavin Williamson conducting the B
Britain / 2 March 2023
2 March 2023
Leaked messages show the then-education secretary accused staff of looking for an excuse not to work during the pandemic
Striking members and supporters of the National Education Un
Features / 26 February 2023
26 February 2023
Primary school teacher EFREM CRAIG reflects on the NEU day of strike action