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The Earl of Effingham (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 7 September 2026

Debate

Creative and Performing Arts Teaching Grants

Contribution

My Lords, universities need more teachers generally, but so do schools. The Government pledged to recruit 6,500 new teachers, but the annual school workforce census shows that there are 1,900 fewer teachers across all schools. Does the Minister agree with Daniel Kebede, the general secretary of the National Education Union, who called it a “mockery” of the pledge?

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