Teachers’ pay cut by £6,600 since 2010, says Institute for Fiscal Studies IFS says pay erosion helps explain why traditionally moderate teaching unions are considering strike action The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2023
Government accused of insulting workers as ministers hold talks with health, education and rail unions – as it happened Nurses’ and ambulance strikes to go ahead after latest round of talks failed to make substantial progress The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2023
Teacher strikes: Pay talks with Government amid walkout threat ‘largely unsatisfactory’, say unions Three education unions have ballots on industrial action which close this week Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2023
Ministers warned after pay talks to act ‘now or never’ to avoid teacher strikes A meeting between education unions and the Government has been described as ‘largely unsatisfactory’ The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023
NHS staff have to work harder to ‘justify’ more pay, Steve Barclay tells furious unions Talks described ‘bitterly disappointing’ – but health secretary will consider one-off payment The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023
I fear for the future of teaching profession, says top London head A leading London headteacher warned she is worried what will happen if teachers go on strike, but she also fears for the future of the profession if pay is not increased. Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2023
Pay talks must deal with current year’s rise, says teaching union chief The National Education Union said only an hour had been set aside for Monday’s talks with Education Secretary Gillian Keegan Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2023
Talks must deal with current year’s pay rise, says teaching union chief Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the NEU, said only an hour had been set aside for Monday’s talks with Education Secretary Gillian Keegan. The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2023
Second cabinet minister says Twitter account hacked Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris apologises after account posts ‘deeply unpleasant stuff’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2023
Surprising number of Tory MPs who come from Merseyside Merseyside only has one Tory MP but many politicians with links to our city have risen up through the Conservative Party Liverpool Echo · Jan 1, 2023
Tory minister’s Twitter account hijacked by crypto fraudsters Fake ‘special giveaway’ of cryptocurrency promoted to Chichester MP’s 32,000 followers The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2022
Tory minister's Twitter account 'hacked' and flooded with Elon Musk and crypto tweets A TORY minister's Twitter account has changed its profile picture to an image of Elon Musk while promoting a fake cryptocurrency event after being… The National (Scotland) · Dec 26, 2022
Tory minister's Twitter account hijacked by crypto fraudsters in embarrassing hack Education Secretary Gillian Keegan’s Twitter account started sending messages promoting cryptocurrency - raising fresh questions about the security of ministers' phones Daily Mirror · Dec 26, 2022
Tory Education Secretary claims £28k puts teachers in 'top 10% of earners' in parts of UK Labour branded Gillian Keegan, the Education Secretary, 'staggeringly out of touch' for her comment on live radio. It was not immediately clear which statistics she was referring to Daily Mirror · Dec 21, 2022
The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2022 Education Secretary criticised over comments on teachers’ pay Gillian Keegan said in some parts of the country they were in the top 10% of earners.
The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022 Schools and colleges get rebuilding cash boost, says Keegan The Education Secretary said her department was also working to retain and recruit ‘brilliant teachers’.
Daily Mirror · Dec 8, 2022 Britain's schools at breaking point with nothing left to give, headteacher warns Headteacher Richard Slade said his school faces a minimum £154,000 deficit this financial year. He warned children's safety could be put at risk if schools are forced to make too many cuts
The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022 Trade unions vow to oppose anti-strike laws for NHS and ‘critical infrastructure’ Cabinet minister Gillian Keegan suggested extending ban on police and military taking industrial action to other sectors
Daily Mirror · Dec 8, 2022 Tory Education Secretary Gillian Keegan does not believe white privilege exists Gillian Keegan, the Education Secretary, said 'I don't, for me, think that there is a privilege to being white on its own' adding 'I don't think it's a fact' and 'there's a lot of debate'
The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022 Education Secretary says white privilege is not a ‘fact’ She said schools should not be ‘teaching things as fact that are debates’
The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022 Minister backs curbing right to strike of more public sector workers in UK Education secretary Gillian Keegan suggests NHS staff could be put on same footing as police officers and military
The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022 Decision to approve Cumbria coalmine is ‘bad policy, bad politics’ and ‘environmental vandalism’, says Labour – as it happened Lisa Nandy calls decision ‘absurd’ and says new coal will be used for steel and not electricity generation
The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022 NHS staff could be banned from striking, says cabinet minister Government considering whether to curb rights of health workers, says Gillian Keegan
Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2022 Education secretary Gillian Keegan urges teachers not to strike as pupils missed ‘enough’ learning in pandemic A Cabinet minister on Thursday urged teachers not to strike and hit children’s education which suffered so much during the Covid pandemic.
Daily Mirror · Dec 7, 2022 Labour private school fees crackdown set to raise £10million from Eton alone Eton’s fee income last year was £53.2million last year, which amounts to at least £10.6million in missed VAT, according to the party's analysis