Teachers in England and Wales are set to announce strike action later on Monday, joining nurses, rail workers and others in staging industrial action in a further headache for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government.
The result of a ballot among teachers belonging to the National Education Union is due at 1700 GMT on Monday.
Sunak is coming under increasing pressure to try to resolve pay disputes with hundreds of thousands of workers following months of strikes which have caused widespread disruption.The NEU, the largest education union in the United Kingdom with around 500,000 members, said the government had offered its members a 5% pay rise which it says equates to a pay cut due to spiralling prices. Low pay for teachers has pushed many to leave the profession, the union said.
Teachers in England last held a strike in 2016 but the majority of schools remained open. A larger scale walkout by teachers took place in 2008.
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