2026 manifesto source record
Liberal Democrats5 relevant source extracts currently included in the review, each linked to its PDF page.
Relevant manifesto extracts
PDF SHA-256 0182c597eda9… · 98 pages. This is a bounded source review, not a delivery assessment.
What the manifesto says
excessive use of short-term and zero hours contracts for teachers and ensure pupils have the teachers and subject choice they deserve, by: Creating a new School Workforce Strategy, developed and agreed with local authorities.
Open official PDF at page 42These extracts were checked against the source PDF. The collection is focused on teacher employment and closely related staffing policy and should not be read as a complete summary of the party's education manifesto. Classification and campaign interpretation remain separate from the quoted source wording.
Earlier statements & coverage
Liberal Democrat figures put the primary newly qualified permanent rate at 23% for 2020/21, from 56% in 2016/17. Somerville said money had been given so councils would issue permanent contracts.
STV News · 12 August 2022 · Context
The article reported more post-probationers in full-time temporary posts (42%) than full-time permanent ones (38%). Willie Rennie linked temporary funding with temporary jobs.
Tes · 20 October 2021 · Context
Gemma Munro describes founding Scotland’s Teachers Working Together for Fair Employment after post-probation unemployment. The piece uses #letusteach. It is not STfP.
Tes · 8 July 2021 · Scotland’s Teachers Working Together for Fair Employment
Willie Rennie told FMQs he had met teachers still waiting for the response Swinney promised. Sturgeon said councils employ teachers and she would encourage permanent hiring.
The Scotsman · 18 March 2021 · Scotland’s Teachers Working Together for Fair Employment
988 of 7,602 probationers from 2014–16 were not in Scottish schools the next year. Conservatives and Liberal Democrats pressed the government.
The Sunday Post · 6 May 2018 · Context
The first rise in teacher numbers for years. Opposition parties still cited the decade-long fall from 2007.
BBC Scotland · 13 December 2016 · Context
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