Giant Labour poll leads, calls for price controls, more walkouts – a new normal?
Good morning. Some two-thirds of voters back price controls on essential goods, while 40 per cent oppose the…
Bridget Phillipson
Can Labour hit home with childcare reform – or tap the NHS birthday love-in?
Good morning. Expect the NHS to dominate the headlines this week, as if you haven’t heard already, Wednesday…
Labour Students under fire over public silence on party tuition fee U-turn
Labour Students has been urged to break its weeks of public silence on the party’s U-turn over university…
A universal approach is vital to realising the full benefit of free school breakfasts
Children and young people are facing a crisis of historic proportion. Millions of pupils have had their learning…
Myths are rife over Labour’s private school tax – here’s why they’re wrong
Private schools are reported to be gearing up for the biggest hike in fees in 20 years “amid…
NEU pressure to expand free school meals poses bigger questions for Labour
The National Education Union (NEU) has called on Labour to bring in universal free meals in English primary…
Labour tries to have its cake and eat it too with arms-length approach to NEU
The NEU has been holding their annual conference in Harrogate this week, with the big story thus far…
“Our focus will be on reform”– Bridget Phillipson’s speech on childcare
Below is the full text of a speech delivered by Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson at the think…
Polls suggest voters agree with Labour’s assessment of 13 years of Tory “failure”
“After 13 years in government, what does it say that the best they can offer is that, at…
Labour motion on ending tax breaks for private schools rejected by MPs
A Labour motion calling for the creation of a Commons select committee to consider ending tax breaks for…
