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A tax avoidance racket by privateers leeching millions from the Tories' backdoor privatisation of education in England is laid bare today in a damning new Trades Union Congress exposé.
A stunning £77 million in public money has been snatched away from schoolchildren and stuffed into the pockets of consultants since the Tory-led coalition took power in 2010.
Accountancy firm PKF - whose parent company BDO offers "offshore tax planning" to "high net-worth individuals" - has been handed £8 million.
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK