Comment ‘Labour’s school plans are detail-light, but still steal the Tories’ limelight’ The pragmatic tone adopted by Shadow Secretary of State for Education Bridget Phillipson in her speech and media… Ollie Lane 10th January, 2024, 3:16 pm
Comment ‘Here’s what schools need most from a Labour government’ In the autumn, we published our straight-talking manifesto, highlighting top priorities for the upcoming election. It draws on… Emma Balchin & Emma Knights 9th January, 2024, 4:25 pm
Comment 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… Bridget Phillipson 9th January, 2024, 11:58 am
Daily email Can Labour fix schools’ absence crisis – and should it pledge free school meals for all? Good morning. Later today Bridget Phillipson will deliver a speech on Labour’s plans to tackle persistent absence from… Morgan Jones 9th January, 2024, 10:39 am
Comment ‘How Labour’s big ideas for education reform are chiming with parents’ Unlike 1997, education is not going to be a top tier issue at the next election. That will… Ed Dorrell 11th December, 2023, 10:05 am
Daily email ‘Formidable’, ‘pioneering’, ‘a true fighter’: Tributes to Glenys Kinnock flow in Good morning. Tributes have been paid to Glenys Kinnock who died yesterday at the age of 79. She… Morgan Jones 4th December, 2023, 10:53 am
Columnist ‘If Labour is taking no voters for granted, our silence on tuition fees can’t continue’ It has been almost six months since Keir Starmer “moved on” from scrapping tuition fees. In the meantime,… Alex Charilaou 23rd October, 2023, 3:25 pm
Comment ‘Labour’s childcare review is overdue. Here’s three ways to fix a broken system’ Last week in Liverpool, Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson announced in her party conference speech that Sir David… Imogen Shaw 19th October, 2023, 10:10 am
Daily email Brexit: How far will Starmer go in shifting Labour’s stance on the EU? Return of Keir the Remainer? Good morning. If things feel a little colder and more distant today, it’s… Morgan Jones 18th September, 2023, 11:17 am
Comment ‘Labour must show how buildings aren’t the only way schools are crumbling’ Repeatedly claiming a public service is falling apart is a much easier political message to land if it… Ed Dorrell 4th September, 2023, 4:36 pm