By Alexandra Rogers, political reporter

Teacher strikes are currently on pause for the next two weeks while education unions and the government hold “intensive” talks over pay, workload and conditions.

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan is meeting with union representatives today – with discussions to continue over the weekend until Sunday.

Now a union source has told Sky News they think a deal to avert industrial action will be presented “pretty quickly”.

But the source said the key sticking points are around non-pay issues such as workload and exams – and, critically, whether the government’s pay offer will be fully funded and not come from existing budgets.

“Teachers are striking because the system is on its knees,” they say.

It comes amid increasing confusion over how the pay deal announced for the health unions yesterday will be funded.

NHS unions yesterday reached a pay agreement with the government – with a 5% pay rise and one-off payment offered to healthcare staff.

Downing Street said today that the new pay deal offered to striking health workers will cost an additional £4bn.

Asked where the money was coming from, the prime minister’s spokesperson said areas of “underspending” had been identified.

They did not go into specifics but added “we will discuss with Treasury and work together to resolve any new funding needs”.

The spokesperson insisted that the money was “not coming from patient-facing services”.

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