Most teachers will suffer pay cuts of 5% in real terms this year on top of more than a decade of squeezed wages, analysis shows.
As thousands of teachers are balloted for strikes, the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) laid bare the extent to which teachers' pay has been slashed since 2010.
Its analysis found salaries in England will increase by 5% in 2022/23 - but double-digit inflation means teachers are actually being hit by a 5% real terms pay cut.
