CLASS STRIKE TALKS STALEMATE

“NO progress” was made during a meeting with the Education Secretary in a bid to avert strike action over teachers’ pay, say union leaders.

- ELEANOR BUSBY and GWYN WRIGHT

Gillian Keegan held talks with unions yesterday after walkouts in February and March were announced by the National Education Union.

Following the meeting, Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the NEU, said: “At the moment we haven’t heard anything which leads me to believe we can avert this strike.”