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• UNISON slates government over school funding shortages

  21-04-2022 16:03
  
  UNISON has accused the government of failing to invest in education, as a survey of head teachers in England revealed that many are having to cut back on support staff because of insufficient funding.
  The survey by the National Foundation for Educational Research for the Sutton Trust found that 51% of primary heads and 28% of secondary heads said that they had been forced to cut back on teaching assistants, while 35% of primary and 31% of secondary heads reported cutting other support staff.
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• UNISON welcomes asbestos report

  21-04-2022 13:20
  
  UNSON has broadly welcomed today’s report from the work and pensions committee, which calls for a deadline for the removal of asbestos in all public buildings.
  With cancers related to asbestos – including mesothelioma – remaining one of the biggest causes of work-related deaths in the UK, the committee highlighted the risk of disturbing the material and exposing workers to it when retrofitting buildings in response to net zero plans around energy efficiency.
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