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Little prospect of breakthrough as strikes hit schools, trains, universities and border postsUnions and the government appear as far apart as ever after widespread strike action closed or partially closed more than half of schools across England and Wa…
Dominic Raab under increasing pressure as civil servants’ union calls for him to be suspended until bullying inquiry concludes. This live blog is closedMPs have been told that paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland have coerced young people with drug …
UK public warned of ‘significant disruption’ from strikes involving teachers, civil servants, Border Force staff and train driversKevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, speaking from a teachers’ picket line in Warwick,…
Education secretary says some schools may open with restrictions, as more than 100,000 teachers go on strikeSchool and train strikes – latest news updatesThe “majority” of schools in England and Wales will remain open, the education secretary has claim…
Action by teachers, civil servants, Border Force staff and train drivers to go ahead, with ministers accused of ‘stonewalling’ Up to half a million workers will go on strike on Wednesday with thousands of schools shut, rail lines closed down and signif…
First of seven days of industrial action by members of the National Education Union begins on WednesdayTeachers in England and Wales are to strike on Wednesday in the first of seven days of industrial action by members of the National Education Union (…
Union accuses education secretary of ‘squandering opportunity’ to avert planned action on WednesdayUK politics live – latest news updatesStrikes by teachers in England and Wales will go ahead this week after last-ditch talks between union leaders and t…
Firefighter say government and employers have ten days to avert strike as teaching union says talks produced no breakthroughQ: There are 1.5m people with learning disabilities, but only 17,000 learning disability nurses. What can you do improve that?Su…
NEU general secretary says ahead of Wednesday’s strike that teachers are undervalued, underpaid and overworked Teachers are at “the end of their tether”, Mary Bousted of the National Education Union has said, as the government called last-ditch talks o…
Teachers and parents voice fury over risk to life in England’s crumbling classrooms as DfE keeps survey details from public scrutinyMinisters sparked a furious row over the safety of thousands of dilapidated school buildings in England on Saturday nig…