Striking teachers to target Rishi Sunak and Gillian Keegan’s political backyards

Union says they want to ‘bring the reality of situation in schools home’ to PM and education secretary

Striking teachers are to target the political backyards of Rishi Sunak and the education secretary Gillian Keegan in the next step of their campaign for a pay rise.

Demonstrations are being planned in the prime minister’s and Ms Keegan’s constituencies at the end of this month. They will coincide with the next round of walkouts, which will target regional areas one by one, starting with schools in Yorkshire and surrounding areas where Mr Sunak is the local MP.

Kevin Courtney, the joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), said: “These politicians (Mr Sunak and Ms Keegan) are making decisions which impact on every child’s education. And it is important that they realise that. We want the public and our members to bring the reality of the situation in our schools home to the politicians who are making these decisions. “