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Britain / 17 February 2016
£4.3m spent on just 28 trooper teachers
£154,000 spent per role, Labour probe reveals
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A DESPERATE Tory effort to patch up mounting teacher shortages by retraining former squaddies has produced just 28 classroom recruits — at a cost f £154,000 per person, Labour Party researchers revealed today.

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