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Teachers start voting on potential strikes over 2.8 per cent pay offer
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

TEACHERS are due to begin a ballot today on whether to accept a below-inflation 2.8 per cent pay offer from the government.

The National Education Union (NEU) has launched a preliminary consultation on the unfunded offer, warning that it would lead to school cuts and worsen the teaching recruitment crisis.

It says the pay increase would “do nothing to repair the damage to the competitive position of teacher pay against other graduate professions.

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