Schools unions must turn anger into a fight against funding catastrophe
The catastrophe facing schools cannot be exaggerated. Schools in England have lost out on £5.4 billion in Tory funding cuts since 2015. Cuts mean less teachers, less teaching assistants and larger class sizes, with primary school classes the largest since 2000 and...
Valentine school strike against budget cuts and redundancies
“No ifs, no buts, stop school cuts!” was the sound at Valentine Primary School gates on 14 March, striking at the threat of redundancies due to budget cuts. 100% of National Education Union (NEU) members voted for strike action and 100% turned out on the...
30% of English secondaries in deficit: set no-cuts budgets!
Almost one in three council-maintained English secondary schools were in budget deficit in 2017-18, according to damning new figures from the Education Policy Institute (EPI). It is urgent that unions and councils mount a fightbackagainst Tory vandalism of state...
For Whom the School Bell Tolls: Our kids or the Tories?
For Whom the School Bell Tolls: Our kids or the Tories? Nick Chaffey, Socialist Party Southern secretary Like the NHS and council services, public state education in primary, secondary, special schools and colleges is facing a dire crisis, with serious consequences...Socialist Party Southern Region Twitter
This is the road all @UKLabour councillors should follow. Link up with council unions @unisontweets @unitetheunion @GMB_union @NEUnion and organise national strike action to end austerity and demand the return of the stolen millions Time to #StopCouncilCuts https://t.co/guew3V0j4x
New figures from BBC - #Homelessness: Councils record 28,000 on the streets over a year The figures underestimate roughsleeping Remember the Tories have cut 9000 places for rough sleepers since 2010 https://t.co/CSMnnJSEwX #ukhousing #HousingCrisis
Brilliany @SouthamptonUCU strike- day 3 in spite yet more rain. Teach out on the Disney animation strike was brilliant. Lots of solidarity tags for our solidaritree were written. We danced and sang in the rain. Schedule for weeks 3 &4 out soon.
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