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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Richard Adams Education editor

Teachers’ union will campaign against Labour MPs if pay offer in England is not improved

Daniel Kebede
Daniel Kebede said the union would ‘make Labour MPs pay a high political price’ in the absence of a fair deal. Photograph: NEU/PA

The National Education Union (NEU) has warned that it will campaign against Labour MPs if the government fails to improve its pay offer to teachers in England for next year.

Daniel Kebede, the NEU’s general secretary, criticised the prime minister, Keir Starmer, and the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, for “betrayal” of their supporters, and told the union’s annual conference to prepare for industrial action if their pay and funding was not satisfactory.

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