‘Why are the knives out for Bridget Phillipson?’
Keir Starmer, it was recently reported, warned his ministers that they could either ‘be disruptors or be disrupted’. Arguably…
Academies
Let’s put pupils before profits – and bring academies back in-house
Today Labour’s education chief Angela Rayner will announce plans to “end the forced conversion of local schools to…
Labour saw off Osborne’s academies plan – now we must use the Budget to block any new effort to break up secondary system
This is part of a series of articles in the run-up to the Budget on November 22. I…
We will defeat grammar schools plans, Corbyn tells trade union bosses
Jeremy Corbyn tonight told trade union leaders that by working together the labour movement will defeat Tory plans for new…
Jeremy Corbyn’s vision for education is miles ahead of Owen Smith’s
Two weeks ago, the Tories’ scrapping of maintenance grants for the poorest students came into force. The government…
Labour’s successes in local government set the agenda for Westminster
‘Labour is not only a party of protest, It is a party of government’. John McDonnell wasn’t being sentimental…
Sharon Hodgson: Labour will always stand up for children with special educational needs
Since the Government announced its Schools White Paper last month, focus has been on their ham-fisted plans for the…
The fight against austerity needs to be taken to every town and village in the country: John McDonnell’s speech to the New Economics Conference
This is the text of the speech given by shadow Chancellor John McDonnell at Labour’s New Economy conference…
Jim McMahon: Tory devolution is confused and fragmented – Labour must appoint a shadow minister for England
The Labour Party is already in power up and down the land: not in Westminster, but in local councils…
The forced academisation u-turn must signal the end of the Government’s fixation with school sctructures
During Prime Minister’s Questions last week, David Cameron was unequivocal: “We are going to have academies for all,…
