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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Eleanor Busby

Government must ‘step up’ its response to youth violence – teaching union chief

The Government must “step up” its response to the “public health issue” of youth violence, a teaching union chief has said.

Patrick Roach, general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union, said teachers say mobile phones are “lethal weapons” which pupils are using at school to abuse others and disrupt lessons.

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