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The Latest Breaking News from Gillian Keegan

Why are Britain’s teachers striking?

Educators forced to join picket lines to call for improved pay and working conditions

The Independent UK

Teachers could be forced to tell heads they plan to strike under reported change

Ministers may soon decide to change the law to force teachers to let heads know about their intention to strike in advance, a government source has claimed, after the education secretary hit out at unions

Daily Mirror

Exhausted teachers vow to keep protesting 'until change happens' as 200,000 walk out

Exhausted and overworked teachers joined university staff, train drivers, civil servants, bus drivers and security guards in the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade today

Daily Mirror

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Rishi Sunak promises fresh talks after strike chaos hits majority of schools

Government shows desire for fresh discussions with unions as latest walkouts cause mayhem

Evening Standard

"I can't stand it anymore": Thousands walk out in mass school strikes amid fears for the future of education

"We're running out of teachers"

Manchester Evening News

Why are teachers striking and on what dates?

More than 100,000 teachers joined walkout on Wednesday in a dispute over pay

The Independent UK

Majority of schools in England closed to some pupils amid teachers’ strike

Secondary schools were more likely to have closed their doors to some cohorts of pupils than primary schools, according to figures by the DfE.

The Independent UK

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Minister tells teachers pay demands are not realistic while wearing £10,000 Rolex

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said it would be "economically incoherent" to meet union pay demands as nearly one in ten schools in England were forced to shut because of strike action

Daily Mirror

Ministers and unions dig in amid widespread strike action across UK

Little prospect of breakthrough as strikes hit schools, trains, universities and border posts

The Guardian - UK

Striking Nottingham teachers say education is at 'breaking point'

'There are staff off with stress, it's an absolute mess, it's not good for students'

Nottingham Post

Why are Britain’s teachers striking?

Educators forced to join picket lines to call for improved pay and working conditions

The Independent UK

Teachers’ union clashes with minister over ‘constructive’ talks

Union leader says meetings lasting less than three hours do not constitute ‘serious negotiation’

Evening Standard

Walkout Wednesday: ‘250,000 London pupils stuck at home’ as teachers strike

London hardest hit by ‘walkout Wednesday’ as some parents only discovered this morning schools were shut

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak must suspend Dominic Raab during bullying inquiry says union chief

Deputy PM Dominic Raab is being investigated over eight complaints during his time at the Ministry of Justice, the Foreign Office and the former Brexit department, which are said to involve at least 24 staff. He denies accusations of bullying

Daily Mirror

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Evening Standard

Minister rejects Jacob Rees-Mogg’s ‘snowflake’ jibe aimed at alleged bullying victims

A minister has rejected claims by Jacob Rees-Mogg that those levelling bullying allegations at Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab are “snowflakes”.

The Guardian - UK

No 10 refuses to deny Sunak was given informal warning about Raab’s behaviour before he made him deputy PM – as it happened

Dominic Raab under increasing pressure as civil servants’ union calls for him to be suspended until bullying inquiry concludes

Evening Standard

Strikes: No further pay rises for public sector, minister suggests

The Government will not make any further pay offers to public sector workers, the Education Secretary suggested on Wednesday, amid the biggest walkout in a decade.

The Independent UK

Union chief: Raab should be suspended while bullying claims are investigated

Dozens of civil servants are believed to be involved in eight formal complaints being investigated.

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Manchester Evening News

'I've been a teacher for 26 years... this is why we have to strike'

Teachers across the UK are going on strike on Wednesday, February 1

Evening Standard

London to be hardest hit as quarter of schools to shut

Teachers are to join train and bus drivers, lecturers and civil servants on the biggest day of strikes in years

Manchester Evening News

Teacher's warning of 'crisis' as thousands prepare to strike

"Some are hitting rock bottom"

The Guardian - UK

Judge lambasts education secretary over lack of secure places for children

Top family judge accuses Gillian Keegan of ‘complacency bordering on cynicism’ over severe shortages in England and Wales

Daily Mirror

Warning that teacher strikes could last until SUMMER - all your questions answered

Last-ditch talks with Education Secretary Gillian Keegan failed to break the deadlock on Monday, with union leaders saying the top Tory 'squandered' the chance to call off walkouts by refusing to get serious on pay

Evening Standard

Firefighters and teachers to walk out over pay as public sector strikes spread

Walkout at schools on Wednesday after talks fail while Fire Brigades Union latest to announce action

The Independent UK

Education Secretary ‘squandered opportunity’ to avoid teacher strikes – union

Teachers will join train drivers, civil servants, university lecturers, bus drivers and security guards who are walking out on Wednesday.

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