One-off payment ‘unlikely to avert teacher strikes in England and Wales’

Union chief welcomes hour-long meeting with ministers on Monday but says months have been wasted'

• Third of England's teachers who qualified in last decade have left profession'

A potential government offer of a one-off payment to teachers is unlikely to be enough to prevent upcoming strikes in England and Wales, the head of the biggest teaching union has warned ahead of talks with ministers on Monday.

Mary Bousted, the joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), said while talks with the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, were welcome, she was sceptical about what could be achieved.