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'Reverse Tory schools mess,' teachers union challenges Labour
ATL general secretary challenges Labour Party to reverse chaotic Tory education policies fuelling inequality

Teaching union ATL general secretary Mary Bousted challenged the Labour Party at the weekend to reverse the chaotic Tory education policies fuelling inequality.

Ms Bousted told the Campaign for State Education (Case) conference on Saturday that Education Secretary Michael Gove had created a twin crisis in school places and teacher supply which he was unable to solve.

And the leader of Britain's third-largest teaching union challenged shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt to "take on the Daily Mail."

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