‘We need boldness in higher education reform, not tuition fee hikes’
Last week, Rachel Reeves caused a stir in the right-wing press. As she prepared to deliver the first…
Bridget Phillipson
‘Scrapping one-word Ofsted judgements shows not all bold reforms need cash’
If you were asked to name the Tory cabinet minister who had most impact during the dog-days of…
Labour pledges 100,000 nursery places and to save families £400 a year
Labour is vowing to create more than 100,000 new nursery places for children from nine months old as…
‘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…
‘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…
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…
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…
‘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…
‘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…
‘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,…
