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John Swinney: You couldn't pay me to be a teacher
John Swinney
by Conrad Landin
in Edinburgh
SCOTLAND’S Deputy First Minister John Swinney distanced himself from one of his party’s MSPs yesterday after she said she would not be a teacher “for all the money in the world.”
Scottish teachers recently secured a 13.51 per cent pay rise over three years, after teaching unions threatened to strike to end years of salary stagnation.
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