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The education secretary has said it will be “hard to guarantee” that government would fully fund a teacher pay rise, despite schools struggling with budget squeezes.

Gillian Keegan asked about pay and school funding during a Q&A webinar this afternoon, amid concerns schools don’t have enough to cover even this year’s rise.

Six of the most liked questions were about school funding.

One attendee said they had worked in school finance for 25 years and “never known us to be this short of funding before”.

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