Delegates passed a motion condemning the impact of government cuts on Special Educational Needs (SEN) provision and warned that the cuts, combined with the proliferation of academies and free schools, threatened the chances of children with SEN being taught in mainstream schools.
Delegates also condemned rising workloads, stress and bullying in schools. They passed a motion to "support action, up to and including industrial action" in cases where teachers faced excessive lesson observations. Delegates noted that cuts would make the situation worse and backed strikes over workload too.
Delegates showed solidarity with people fighting back in Britain and around the world.
The possibility of a mass strike involving nearly a million workers on 30 June came one step closer this week.
Sick of the wedding? Had enough William and Kate to last a lifetime? You’ll love our centre spread on the feckless royal scroungers who live it up on state benefits.
The Syrian government’s crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations will not keep the country’s people silent.
Seven young Bahraini citizens training to be commercial pilots in Britain have been ordered to return to their home country and present themselves to the government’s Gulf Aviation Authority (GAA).
Some 700 leaked US government files about Guantanamo Bay show the brutality and paranoia at the heart of the regime.
The press has dubbed disturbances in Bristol on Thursday of last week the "Tesco riots"—but the explosion of anger I witnessed went far beyond that.
Police are attempting to spin their version of how reggae artist Smiley Culture died during a raid on his home last month.
The media discovered the issue of sectarianism in Scotland last week after letter bombs were sent to Celtic manager Neil Lennon, the lawyer Paul McBride and Trish Godman MSP.
Activists are rallying around Bryan Simpson, a Glasgow student arrested last year after protesting against the government’s raising of tuition fees.
