Swinney urged to tackle 'litany of broken promises' over youth violence epidemic

John Swinney has been urged to tackle a "litany of broken promises" amid a youth violence epidemic in Scotland.

But months after it took place, the union argues all that has emerged since is a small number of "completely inadequate" proposals which "fail to grasp the scale of the problem". It comes as the union's Scotland annual conference takes place today. NASUWT members at the conference, which is being held virtually, will call for a system of national strategies to be put in place for dangerous and disruptive behaviour, which include a consistent set of consequences for pupils.

A Scottish Government spokesperson said: "The NASUWT are part of the national group tasked with producing a behaviour action plan - which shows clear partnership working between Scottish Government and the teaching professional associations. As members of this group, the NASUWT helped to write the action plan, which will publish in the coming weeks.

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