Comment ‘Things are dire for students. Here’s why I’m running for Labour Students chair’ We are running pieces from candidates for Labour Students chair. The piece from Socialist Future-backed candidate Anya Wilkinson… Anna Baxter 19th March, 2024, 7:00 am
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 ‘Education helps tackle antisemitism. Labour should make lessons mandatory’ Antisemitic hate crimes are up in London by 1,350%. Jewish schools are being closed because of the threats posed… Jonathan 14th December, 2023, 8:45 am
Comment ‘Faced with a broken Britain, Starmer’s project will fail if it isn’t bold enough’ In the four years since the Conservatives’ election victory – marked with promises of ‘levelling up’ – the… Anna McShane 12th December, 2023, 4:51 pm
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
News Starmer warned Labour “kidding itself” over spending without tax hikes Labour has been accused of “kidding itself” about the cost of its plans for a “decade of national… Katie Neame 1st November, 2023, 9:37 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