
Beth Farhat
@bethfarhatneu
Northern Regional Secretary for the National Education Union.
Chair of the North East Child Poverty Commission.
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http://www.neu.org.uk 06-08-2013 15:50:08
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Read more from North East Child Poverty Commission member Sean Harris FCCT on the positive impact free school meal auto-enrolment pilots are having across the North East - and why it’s time for national Government to adopt this proactive approach 👇


Fire Brigades Union FBU@Reg3 North East members please watch. I hear this story everyday on fire stations. Our struggles are linked. National Education Union NEU Northern members fight and struggle is our fight and struggle. We are with you #FUNDFAIRPAY

Solidarity and full support to UCU Northern Region from FBU@Reg3 North East ✊




🛑NEW 2023/24 figures published today show why a national child poverty plan is increasingly urgent: ❌ A record high 4.5m children in poverty in the UK ❌ 170,000 in poverty across the North East Read more and a response from our Chair Beth Farhat tinyurl.com/38mrmpps



We're proud to have signed a joint letter to the Chancellor with End Child Poverty coalition, written by Rosie - a mum pulled into poverty by the two-child limit This policy has now been in place for 8 years and must be scrapped #AllKidsCount Read more: nechildpoverty.org.uk/news/two-child…

🚸 Working with End Child Poverty we can reveal there are now over 70,000 NE children hit by the two-child limit This is 13% of all kids growing up across our region Read more & our response with End Child Poverty members Love, Amelia & Hartlepoolbabybank⤵️ tinyurl.com/4tzbb72s


Chris Kamara Portsmouth FC legend, moving & inspirational at National Education Union Show Racism the Red Card National Education Union South East talking about his experiences as a child and football player.


Incredible speech today by Sarah Kilpatrick opening conference. Proud of you! 👏 💪

Today National Education Union conference has voted to call on the government to provide teachers with 26 full pay on maternity leave - so resharing the piece I wrote last year. This feels like a major barrier to govt target of recruiting 6500 additional teachers bbc.com/news/articles/…

Speech now from Beth Farhat NEU Northern on the impacts of the schools inspection regime, building safety and asbestos on the health & safety of teachers and pupils #IWMD25


Very sharp article in Schools Week, by the Headteacher at Honiton Primary. "Short-term savings create long-term costs: financial, human, and societal. What is saved on today’s spreadsheet could cost millions later...." schoolsweek.co.uk/labours-fundin…


Efforts by the North East mayor to help families with the cost of childcare + child poverty campaigners calling for Government action make the front of tomorrow's The Journal #TomorrowsPapersToday
