MORE than 1,000 school support staff are expected at a rally and march in Westminster on Friday in a second day of strikes over London weighting payments.

The GMB members employed at schools in Merton and Greenwich are losing up to £1,400 a year because they receive the Outer London rate, while teachers in the same schools receive the higher Inner London rate.

GMB regional secretary Nadine Houghton said: “This is an historic underpayment that our members are owed.


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