UNIONS have rounded on the Welsh government’s decision to ignore the independent pay review body’s recommendation on teachers’ wages, branding it a “reckless recipe for disaster.”The Independent Welsh Pay Review Body (IWPRB) recommended a 4.25 per cent increase from September for teachers, but in a written statement issued on this morning, Education Minister Anna Brychan said this was “not affordable within existing budgets” and announced she would instead offer 3.5 per cent for qualified and 5 per cent for unqualified teachers.

UNIONS have rounded on the Welsh government’s decision to ignore the independent pay review body’s recommendation on teachers’ wages, branding it a “reckless recipe for disaster.”

The Independent Welsh Pay Review Body (IWPRB) recommended a 4.25 per cent increase from September for teachers, but in a written statement issued on this morning, Education Minister Anna Brychan said this was “not affordable within existing budgets” and announced she would instead offer 3.5 per cent for qualified and 5 per cent for unqualified teachers.

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