NASUWT: “The Chancellor’s claim that school budgets are protected is as risible as his statement that he is saving jobs”
Commenting on the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Budget 2013, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, said:
“The decision to extend the public sector pay cap for a further year by limiting pay uplifts to a limit of up to 1% confirms that in reality the independent pay review bodies are redundant and have been since 2010.
“The Chancellor’s statement that substantial savings will be made from limiting pay progress of public sector workers confirms that the School Teachers’ Review Body has been duped by Michael Gove. The changes made to the teachers’ pay structure were nothing to do with rewarding ‘good teachers’ as the Secretary of State claimed but in fact were, as the NASUWT predicted, a precursor to extending further pay depression to teachers and now to all other public service workers.
“The Chancellor’s claim that school budgets are protected is as risible as his statement that he is saving jobs. Schools are facing a real terms cut to their budgets of over 3%.
“His continuing cuts have resulted in the loss of thousands of jobs and record levels of unemployment, particularly among the young.
“This budget will inflict even more misery on already hard pressed ordinary families.”
ENDS
Lena Davies
Press and Media Officer
Campaigns and Communications Team
NASUWT
0121 457 6250 / 07867 392 746
lena.davies@mail.nasuwt.org.uk
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