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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Walker Political correspondent

One-off payment ‘unlikely to avert teacher strikes in England and Wales’

Mary Bousted England Wales NEU
Teacher and pupils in classroom.
Teachers have lost 24% of their pay in real terms since 2010, says National Education Union. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

A potential government offer of a one-off payment to teachers is unlikely to be enough to prevent upcoming strikes in England and Wales, the head of the biggest teaching union has warned ahead of talks with ministers on Monday.

Mary Bousted, the joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), said while talks with the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, were welcome, she was sceptical about what could be achieved.

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