NUT: “While public sector pay is being cut and our essential public services are run down, the Chancellor wants to cut taxes for the richest people”
Commenting ahead of the Chancellor’s Budget statement Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union said:
“Every indication shows that the Chancellor will use this Budget to continue attacking teachers and other public sector workers.
“While public sector pay is being cut and our essential public services are run down, the Chancellor wants to cut taxes for the richest people. This speaks volumes about the Government’s priorities. We are clearly not “all in this together”.
“Interfering with the national pay framework for teachers will deter graduates from teaching and shift existing teacher shortages around the country. The private sector is not convinced about the use of regional pay scales and neither should the public sector.
“The Government has failed on its promise to protect investment in schools. Many schools faced funding problems before the cuts. Education cuts have major human, social and economic costs. Young people who leave school with poor skills cost the economy in lost earnings, lower tax receipts, higher crime and increased benefit payments. The Government should pay attention to this and start investing in our schools instead of attacking those who work in them”.
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