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.cited union sources as saying members in England and Wales had voted to back strikes beginning in February.
The government has said it cannot afford big wage rises and warned that any big boost to salaries will exacerbate the country's inflation problem.fell short of the required turnout threshold Teachers in Scotland have already held strikes which have caused the closure of many schools. On Monday they began a rolling 16-day walkout which will impact two local authorities each day.
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