The education secretary has criticised a teaching union for planning to go on strike, telling Sky News: “Our children don’t deserve it.”
Gillian Keegan told Kay Burley that she was “very disappointed” after members of the National Education Union voted in favour of industrial action, with thousands of staff set to walkout over pay and workloads.
Nine out of 10 teacher members of the union voted for strike action and the union passed the 50% ballot turnout required by law to take industrial action.