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Increase education spending to 5% of GDP, teachers' union says in ‘Manifesto for Education’
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) take part in a rally through Westminster to Parliament Square, London, July 5, 2023

THE National Education Union (NEU) launched its manifesto for education today.

The union urged politicians to commit to 10 key policy areas including an increase education spending from 4.2 to 5 per cent of GDP. 

It also calls for the end to child poverty, starting with the removal of the two-child benefit cap and rollout of universal free school meals. 

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