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Yes, but there are people who work in the private sector who get paid even less than the subsistence allowance paid to teachers. It might be hard to believe, but there are even people whose first job pays less than £28k!!!

But why is it acceptable that people who don't work for the government should not only get pay rises below inflation, but should also have to pay more taxes to ensure that government employees live better lives than them?

How much disruption it is causing, is arguable. All I'm saying is that by not telling the head teachers who is coming and who isn't, they are doing their best to make the disruption as serious as they can.

You mean all this fuss about the US Civil War was because the poor slaves were living lives like we are today? I've learned something there. Instead of having a war, why didn't they just move to a different employer, or go to university and get better qualified?

I suppose it depends what their aim is. If the head teachers know who is turning up and who isn't, they can make plans to give the children the best education possible in the circumstances. If the teachers want to cause maximum disruption and damage to the children's prospects (and presumably...