Labour deputy leader election: Date revealed for NEC meet to decide on contest as candidate speculation begins
The Labour party’s national executive committee (NEC) will meet on Monday to decide on the internal election to…
Bridget Phillipson
‘Reviving Sure Start is a great first step – a children’s minister should be the next’
Bridget Philipson’s revival of Labour’s hallmark Sure Start programme is a promising sign that children’s welfare is back…
‘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…
‘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…
‘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…
