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Shamima Begum, who left Britain as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State (IS), has lost an appeal against the decision to remove her British citizenship, my colleague Haroon Siddique reports.
Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, says she is prepared to start “formal talks” with England’s teaching unions over pay – but only if the National Education Union (NEU) cancels its regional strikes planned for next week.
A fair [pay] offer will be key to moving beyond the polite discussions so far to a point where we can hope for tangible progress towards an agreement.
However, we have no control over action by a fellow union and it would be naive beyond belief for the DfE to pull the plug on these talks even before they have begun on that basis. That would demonstrate a government out of its depth when it comes to industrial relations with little clue about what it takes to come to an agreement.