Pay review is betrayal of teachers, says Green's spokesman

Responding to the news that the annual increase in teachers' pay in England and Wales will remain capped at 1%, the Green Party's Spokesperson for Education Vix Lowthion said:

“The Government’s pay review is another betrayal of teachers. Not only is a low pay award set to hinder new entrants to the profession, but it will increase the damage from the teacher retention crisis. Those of us on the front lines of teaching are seeing colleagues leave the profession in droves. Teachers are struggling to make ends meet and juggle the growing pressures of working in schools which are being stripped of the money they need. The government must stop taking teachers for granted, and give them the proper pay rise they deserve.