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'Misery and inequality are set to deepen' says the NASUWT

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Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union, comments on the Autumn Statement.

Misery and inequality are set to deepen.

In the face of record youth unemployment the Chancellor's choice is to benefit the few not the many.

In naked pursuit of the Coalition's elitist vision of education, 100 free schools and a handful of pupils get £600 million while children in 22,000 other schools fight over a few hundred pounds.

Record levels of youth unemployment are the result of the Chancellor's mis-management of the economy. Shifting the blame onto schools is unacceptable and wrong.

Restarting Britain's economy must not be at the expense of ordinary families and children or detrimental to the few remaining employment rights of hard working people.

The Chancellor's decision to cap public sector pay at 1%, after a two year imposed pay freeze, will continue the unjust financial penalisation of dedicated public sector workers.

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