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A tax avoidance racket by privateers leeching millions from the Tories' backdoor privatisation of education in England is laid bare today in a damning new Trades Union Congress exposé.
A stunning £77 million in public money has been snatched away from schoolchildren and stuffed into the pockets of consultants since the Tory-led coalition took power in 2010.
Accountancy firm PKF - whose parent company BDO offers "offshore tax planning" to "high net-worth individuals" - has been handed £8 million.
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
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
