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Unions threaten to ‘intensify’ school funding campaign

The returned Conservative minority government faces renewed pressure over its pledge on education funding, the proposed National Funding Formula and schools' rising cost pressures...


Within hours of the General Election result last week, renewed pressure was being place on the now minority Conservative government over the school funding crisis.

As prime minister Theresa May entered into negotiations with Northern Ireland’s DUP to try and secure a working majority in the House of Commons, education unions signalled their intention to keep up the pressure on funding.

In a joint letter to Ms May, sent on Friday (June 9), the National Union of Teachers (NUT), National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) and Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) have called for a meeting with Ms May to discuss “the future of education funding”.

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