It would appear that the campaigning has paid off. A new deal may be on the cards for teaching assistants. Council officers will be visiting schools to determine what responsibilities TAs have in each school to find out if they are graded properly.

Something we suggested at the very beginning of this mess and which Labour flatly refused to do.

Well done to all those teaching assistants who have fought against labour’s dreadful attempts to cut their pay.

Of course this could just be Labour seeking to kill the story before the local elections, so as we have since the start Lib Dem councillors will continue to lead the political campaign until a fair deal is brought forward.