This petition was submitted during the 2020-2024 Conservative government
Rejected petition Fair pay for teachers in Northern Ireland to match their colleagues in England.
We, the concerned citizens of Northern Ireland, call upon the UK government to address the unjust treatment of teachers in our region. It is unacceptable that while teachers in England have received pay increases of 5% last year and 6.5% this year, Teachers in Northern Ireland have received nothing.
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There was a time when teachers in Northern Ireland had pay parity with their colleagues in England. It is time to restore this, because for too long we in Norther Ireland have had no functioning Executive at Stormont
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
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Decisions about pay for teachers in Northern Ireland are a matter for the devolved institutions, not the UK Government or Parliament.
If you want to raise this issue you could contact your MLA, or raise it with the relevant Northern Ireland department.
You can find contact details for your MLAs here: http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/your-mlas/
You can find contact details for the Northern Ireland departments here: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/government-departments-in-northern-ireland
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