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giving payments to teachers to encourage them to stay in the profession and also essentially making sure there is more qualifications to make it more established as a profession. but before we get to any of that, there are more strikes ahead. any parent in the uk knows this. at the moment, they are waiting for the e mail from school to know if their school will be shut or not and there were questions about whether labour would give their pay rise to teachers that they want. this is what bridget philipson had to say. my they want. this is what bridget philipson had to say. my priority in m focus philipson had to say. my priority in my focus would philipson had to say. my priority in my focus would be philipson had to say. my priority in my focus would be having - philipson had to say. my priority in my focus would be having proper l philipson had to say. my priority in i my focus would be having proper and serious my focus would be having proper and serious negotiations with the t
commit to a particular figure or a particular pay rise. labour in an interesting position on this. on the one hand, they want to be supportive of the unions, they want to be supportive of teachers. they have made the point they think there has been underpayment and underinvestment over a long period. but they are also trying to bolster their economic credibility and the reputation fairly or unfairly that people think they have a spending too much money. you heard that tension in the as we listened to bridget philipson. tension in the as we listened to bridget philipson. thank you to tony for that. lord kerslake, the former head of the uk s civil service, has died after being diagnosed with cancer. he was 68. he had multiple roles in the civil service until 2015, when he became the chair of king s college hospital trust and later conducted the independent inquiry into the manchester arena bombing. a european space telescope is starting a million mile journey to find the secrets of the
school to see whether that school will be shot or not. there are questions about whether labour would get a pay rise to teachers they would want. this is what bridget philipson had to say. my priority would be to have negotiations with the teaching unions negotiations with the teaching unions to get through this. that isn t unions to get through this. that isn t happening, it s the secretary of state s isn t happening, it s the secretary of state s failure to get that to happen of state s failure to get that to happen which means this week we are oin happen which means this week we are going to happen which means this week we are going to see more disruption. that is an going to see more disruption. that is an irresponsible and reckless approach pressed repeatedly there you heard bridget philipson declined to commit to a particularfigure bridget philipson declined to commit to a particular figure or pay rise. labour are in to a particular figure or pay rise. labourare in a
are also trying to bolster their economic credibility and shared the reputation it, fairly or unfairly that people think they have, of spending too much money. you heard that tension there as we spoke to bridget philipson. and before we go let s show you some pictures from canada. ferry boats have been performing in a synchronized ballet in vancouver to mark canada day. these tiny ferries usually transport tourists and locals but every year on the first ofjuly, they perform choreography. it s a summer tradition. it s been ongoing for over 30 years now. just a quick reminder of that breaking news in the last 15 minutes out of baltimore, that multiple shooting. we have a press conference