Local authority chiefs believe the cash could be used as a “sanction” to prevent classroom savings
Councils fear the Government will strong-arm them into ditching cuts to teacher numbers by playing hardball on £145million of funding. .
As revealed by the Record, Glasgow City Council is considering plans to axe 800 teacher posts alone. But the SNP/Green Government is opposed and is planning to outline its strategy within days on how to compel councils to maintain numbers. Scottish politics "And [there was] an agreement that we should see additional teachers and support staff, and we should also see an increase in the number of permanent [jobs]. That didn’t happen. We didn’t ring fence it and it wasn’t used in the way that we agreed. I don’t think it’s surprising that we try an alternative approach.”
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