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Bridget Phillipson sets out her vision for a fairer Britain.
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Final messages to Labour members from deputy leadership candidate Bridget Phillipson
Bridget Phillipson sends a final message to Labour members before polls close tomorrow.
EXCLUSIVE: Bridget Phillipson: ‘As Deputy Leader, I will make fighting child poverty my main priority – everything is on the table including removing the two-child limit’
Bridget Phillipson, running to be Labour deputy leader, says removing two-child limit "is not off the table" to tackling child poverty.
Bridget Phillipson’s speech to TUC in full as she fights for deputy leadership
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson addressed delegates at the TUC Congress and called on them to continue working with the government to "build a stronger Britain".
Bridget Phillipson writes: ‘I know what hunger is like. Our free school meals boost embodies Labour values’
Exclusive: Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson writes on the government's expansion of free school meals provision.
Bridget Phillipson speech in full: How Labour will fix the biggest barrier children face
This is a copy of Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson's speech as written for delivery at The Centre for Social Justice today, January 9. Thank you, Andy, and all of you for being here today. It’s the start of term this week for…
“Our focus will be on reform”– Bridget Phillipson’s speech on childcare
Below is the full text of a speech delivered by Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson at the think tank Onward this morning: I hope you’ll not think it graceless of me to say, that I’ve not felt this apprehensive about a speech…
Six things to look out for in Wednesday’s Budget and spending review
Wednesday is the government’s chance to rise to the scale of the challenges that face our country. With the Budget and spending review due on the same day, it’s an unusual opportunity to reshape both taxation and spending decisions for the…
Labour wants to buy, make and sell more in Britain. Here’s our three-point plan
Over the last couple of weeks, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has begun to set out Labour’s vision for Britain’s economy. Put simply, as a country, we need to buy, make and sell more in Britain. The pandemic exposed the weaknesses not just…
What to look for in Wednesday’s Budget: Labour’s hopes and expectations
The Prime Minister last week set out the roadmap that the government has in mind for coronavirus restrictions, but there was no clear sense of direction for businesses and families. Yet again, the government detached decisions about dealing…
Rishi Sunak’s free ports are no silver bullet for our economy
Today Rishi Sunak is Chancellor of the Exchequer, responsible for an economy that suffered the worst recession and the worst growth of any major economy in 2020. But not that long ago, he was just a backbencher. One of the policies he wrote…
Why our approach to the economy is one every Labour member should support
Earlier this month, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds shattered the glass ceiling in the world of economics by becoming the first woman to deliver the Mais lecture in its 43-year history. One of the most high-profile events of the…