we ve actually given teachers the highest pay rise in 30 years. that includes a 9% pay rise for newly qualified teachers and record investment in their training and development. i am clear that our children s education is precious and they deserve to be in school today, being taught. the placards are about pay, but behind the signs are teachers protesting about numerous pressures in the classroom. if an agreement isn t reached, schools will have three more days of strike action over the coming months. the council here in liverpool have told us that 40% of schools are fully closed today. across england and wales, more than 20,000 schools have been impacted by the strike. there is no indication of when the government will get back round the table for discussions with the national education union, but both say they are keen to talk. but with
agreed to. sector by sector, there are differing signs of progress. if you look at the railways, they look to be relatively close to some kind of compromise on either side which could lead to a solution. in terms of the school strikes which are getting attention today in england and wales, with the education secretary gillian keegan this morning saying she has had meetings with the union leaders earlier this week in which they discussed a range of issues. the government is happy to talk about those and concede on them, whether it is working conditions, or recruitment and retention, but there is the sticking point of pay. and it doesn t seem at the moment that the government is willing to budge on that, and the prime minister has said his number one priority is reducing inflation, evenif one priority is reducing inflation, even if that means dealing with the ongoing disruption that strike action is causing.
compromise on both sides? brute end? has got to be a little bit of compromise on both sides? we are compromising compromise on both sides? we are compromising. every compromise on both sides? we are compromising. every single - compromise on both sides? we are compromising. every single day i compromise on both sides? we are compromising. every single day we j compromising. every single day we are comprising an hourjob. sometimes i do up to 60 hours a week, and most of the hours are not paid for, i am only paid for 37 hours a week. no teachers, no teacher only does the hours they are paid for, we are already compromising way beyond our means. we are compromising the time that we don t spend with our families, we are compromising with the bills, we are compromising with the bills, we are compromising with our mental health and i don t think we are ready to compromise any more. enough of that. pay us what we deserve. give us good working conditions because we have spent the past deca
today, being taught. the placards are about pay, but behind the signs are teachers protesting about numerous pressures in the classroom. if an agreement isn t reached, schools will have three more days of strike action over the coming months. i m ata i m at a rally here in liverpool in the city has been brought to a standstill by thousands of workers from different sectors. the council here have told us that 40% of schools are fully closed today. across england and wales, more than 20,000 schools have been impacted by the strike. there s no indication of when the government will get back round the table for discussions with the national education union, but both say they re very keen to talk. but with the neu pushing for a fully funded pay rise, there could be a long way to go in the discussions. since the strikes were announced, the neu has had 40,000 new members join and if this dispute isn t