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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.

Staff and students at Villiers High school in Southall, west London ended last term on a high.

Teachers at a Warwickshire school have voted for strikes to defend sacked teacher Tony Souter in an indicative ballot.

management are trying to cut costs in several schools in Camden, north London—provoking disputes.

There is growing anger among Scottish teachers over an awful deal supported by their union.

Redundancies resulting from government cuts are everywhere in higher and further education.

Lecturers at South Tyneside College have voted to ballot for strikes to defend jobs and pay.

Delegates to the ATL teaching union’s conference have backed coordinated strikes to defend pensions.

The lecturers’ UCU union will meet this week following recent strikes of more than 100,000 lecturers to defend jobs, pay and pensions.