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Ministers want to drive a wedge between teachers and parents – they won't succeed
NASUWT general secretary PATRICK ROACH says the bid to misrepresent teachers as disruptors of children's education won't wash
NASUWT general secretary Patrick Roach

AN UNPOPULAR government is a dangerous and unpredictable thing. 

They will take desperate measures in a bid to cling onto power. As divisions within the parliamentary party multiply, does Rishi Sunak really believe that he can win the battle for votes by attacking workers and their unions? 

History has taught us that trades unions are never far from the top of the Tory hit list. 

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