Labour have been accused of taking money from dinner ladies in a ‘disgusting’ move to fund teachers’ pay rises.
The GMB union, which represents 100,000 school support staff, said Education Secretary Lucy Powell ‘should be ashamed’ of taking money from their members.
These include dinner ladies, caretakers, receptionists, librarians and care takers – who are the ‘poorest paid group in education,’ the union said.
Yesterday it emerged this year’s teacher pay rise will be funded using savings made from support staff pensions.
A surplus in the local government pension scheme means schools can make employment contributions of, on average, 4.9 per cent less for
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