Teacher union threatens strike action if government fails to offer ‘inflation plus’ pay rise

‘We can no longer stand by while you run both education and educators into the ground’

NEU writes to education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi (EPA)

The country’s biggest education union will consult members on industrial action this autumn if the government fails to make an “inflation-plus” pay increase for teachers.

In a letter to Nadhim Zahawi – seen by The Independent – the joint general secretaries of the National Education Union (NEU), warn they will not stand by “while you run both education and educators into the ground”.

It comes amid the biggest industrial strike on the rail network for decades and figures showing UK inflation hitting a fresh 40 year high, climbing 9.1 per cent in the 12 months to May — up from 9 per cent in April.