EXCLUSIVE : Deputy PM tells MailOnline about 'fierce ' row over rise . Independent pay review body recommended 2 % rise in England and Wales . Clegg insists the plan is 'affordable ' and the money 'has to be found ' Salary hikes could be funded from within existing school budgets . Education Secretary Nick Clegg insists the rise will go ahead next year . She says the country is 'lucky to have truly exceptional teaching workforce '
EXCLUSIVE : Deputy PM tells MailOnline about 'fierce ' row over rise . Independent pay review body recommended 2 % rise in England and Wales . Clegg insists the plan is 'affordable ' and the money 'has to be found ' Salary hikes could be funded from within existing school budgets . Education Secretary Nicky Morgan insists the rise will go ahead next year . She says the country is 'lucky to have truly exceptional teaching workforce '