Barely a mention of education in autumn statement, say unions
by Alan Jones
Nov 22, 2023
3 minutes
Teaching unions criticised the autumn statement for “barely mentioning” education after a year of bitter disputes over pay and warnings about the state of school buildings.
Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, warned of cuts to education provision because schools were not able to cope with cost increases in the coming years.
He said: “Investing properly in education is an urgent and overriding economic priority, yet what we have seen today is nothing of the
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