the head is determined that those not in school won t fall behind. we ll ensure that the children do catch up, and this is not easy, but those children will be given extra tuition. this is what we re fighting for, we want extra staff within the schools. we re possibly looking at deficit budgets next year. that could result in losing many extra staff. if you ve got a capital 0, - have you got it right or wrong? last year, most teachers were given a 5% pay rise, but many schools paid for it out of the existing school budget. the national education union wants a fully funded, above inflation pay rise. the thing that s driving our members is the state of crisis that s in many schools that there are gcse chemistry classes, gcse maths classes being taught by people who don t have qualifications in chemistry and maths, that there are primary classrooms where we can t get permanent staff. and we think that s rooted, partly, in funding of schools and the funding of pay for people to work in t
rise two years in a row, saying that too many conditions were attached. as we go on, inflation gets higher and higher and higher, and the ability then to do a deal with high inflation and high cost of living, when everybody wants to take everything you ve got and give you nothing for it is a very difficult place to be in. ultimately, the government holds the purse strings and has to approve any offer that s made. a spokesperson said ministers continued to facilitate reasonable conversations between unions and employers. the group representing train companies in the negotiations insisted they and the union needed to keep trying to find common ground. we want to emphasise the need for us to give our staff a pay increase, but we cannot afford that without having the levels of reform that can try and stop us having to take additionalfunding from the taxpayer, particularly in this challenging time. the industry hopes to arrange fresh talks next week. without a breakthrough,
was he, as some former colleagues have told us, very hard onjunior staff and totally unsuitable for high office, or was he as other people who have worked with him have told us demanding and abrasive, but not necessarily a bully. but not necessarily a bully? mr raab has said he is confident he has always behaved professionally, denies wrongdoing, and has no apologies for having high standards. but whether he has met the standards expected of him is now under scrutiny. ione wells, bbc news, westminster. let s get more on our top story, as hundreds of thousands of workers take part in what s thought to be the biggest day of strike action in more than a decade. teachers in england and wales are striking for the first time since 2016 in a walkout which, according to the national education union, could affect as many as 23,000 schools.
in australia has been found. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. it s thought to be the biggest day of industrial action, according to unions, in more than a decade across the uk, with tens of thousands of people on strike in disputes over pay, jobs, and conditions. teachers, train drivers, civil servants, university staff, bus drivers all are on strike in different parts of the country, with teachers in the national education union, the largest group of workers, on the picket lines. it s estimated up to 85% of schools are affected. our education correspondent, elaine dunkley, has been speaking to some of those on strike in liverpool.