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…
Bridget Phillipson
‘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,…
‘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…
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…
‘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…
Will Labour’s benefits stance test party discipline to the (two-child) limit?
Good morning. It’s the last week before parliament’s summer recess, but very few eyes are on Westminster as…
‘Labour Students is back- and believe it or not, it’s more united than ever’
There’s an expectation that student politics is bound to be pointless and doomed to be toxic. But since…
Starmer’s speech location shows Labour think a Blair-style Kent revival is possible
Good morning. It’s the day of Keir Starmer’s fifth and final mission speech, which will focus on “opportunity”.…
