The National Education Union (NEU) has put the potential incoming Labour government “on notice” that it “won’t tolerate” cuts to education, its leader has said.
In his first conference speech as general secretary, Daniel Kebede told delegates in Bournemouth this morning that Conservative-led governments had “failed education, education professionals, the children we teach and the communities we serve”.
He mimicked education secretary Gillian Keegan’s ‘hot mic’ moment last year, accusing her and her predecessors since 2010 of doing “an f-ing terrible job”.
Conservatives entered government “full of promises”, including “smaller class sizes; the best curriculum and an education system based upon best evidence and practice. They promised an enhanced status of the teaching profession”.
