An historic agreement between the two biggest teaching unions looks set to result in continued industrial action and further days of strike action in UK schools.
The National Union of Teachers and the NASUWT, which between them represent 85 per cent of teachers in England and Wales, have formed a coalition to fight government education policy.
The unions, which have traditionally been seen as rivals, launched a joint campaign to end what they call the “continuing assault on the teaching profession". Both remain opposed to the government's pension cuts and its move to increase teachers' pension contributions and also raise the retirement age to 68.
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