AN MP has asked for action to help an education trust manage its debt in a bid to save teaching jobs.
The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership saw strike action earlier this year over plans for redundancies.
But while an agreement was later reached to halt the walkouts, Lichfield MP Dave Robertson said the challenges facing the trust had not gone away.
Speaking in a House of Commons debate he said:
“The trust found itself in significant financial distress earlier this year, leading to nine days of strike action across a number of schools.
“The new leadership at the trust is working very hard to rectify that – and strikes are now paused.
“But the major blockage they have now is servicing the debt…