NUT backs strike action in English schools over funding crisis

National Union of Teachers approves industrial action in worst-hit areas and says further cuts could trigger a national strikeSchools in England could be closed by strikes before the end of the summer term, after the National Union of Teachers backed industrial action over the education funding crisis at its annual conference.The vote to strike came after delegates were told of children at one school who spent two weeks wearing hats and coats in their classroom this winter because of budget pres