Education

By Jake Hayman / @JakeHayman This article has been amended slightly from the original. Yesterday the Milburn Commission released its report into social mobility. The brunt of the blame for our palpably unequal society was felt by the…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 After the James Purnell webchat on LabourList this morning, I went over to the Open Left website and filled in my own reasons for why I'm on the left. Here are my answers: What is it about your political…

By James Gray Private schools are in the news again. Earlier this week the Charities Commission published its first "public-benefit" assessment of private schools with charitable status. Two private schools failed the new requirement…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 This is the note that my Mum received from the family of one of her students. I said in my article about private and state education yesterday that I would let everyone see it. Although she does work very…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 It doesn't take much to provoke me into writing in support of state schools, but Evening Standard reporter Paul Waugh is normally somewhat less sanguine. So it's interesting to read Paul's angry fisking of an…

By Mike Ion / @MikeIon As the economic downturn bites further into household budgets many independent schools are facing merger or possible closure - though one hopes without the call for some type of private school bail-out to keep the…

Full Name: Lucy Maria Powell Age: 34 From: South Manchester PPC for: Manchester Withington Website: http://www.lucypowell.net/home Selection Result: 168 votes Lucy Powell; 32 Jenny Lennox; 31 Nargis Khan; 22 Yogesh Varmani Member of the…

By Ed Balls MP All of us can be proud today. Whether we're on the London Pride march, a Labour Party member or both, we can all be proud of what our campaigning has achieved. From an equal age of consent to civil partnerships and the right…

By Bev Craig At London Pride on Saturday I expect we will see people younger than ever marching in or supporting the march, showing that they are young, they are LGBT and they are proud. Society is changing; many people are coming out…

By Tom Burke Labour has a proud record of achieving equality for young LGBT people. The headlines are familiar to many of us: repealing section 28, ensuring an equal age of consent and tackling homophobic bullying in schools. The proposed…

Full Name: Stephen Twigg Age: 42 From: Enfield PPC for: Liverpool West Derby http://twigg4westderby.com/ Selection Result: 77-58 (for Roz Gladden) on the final ballot Member of the Labour Party since: 1982 CV: I grew up in Enfield where I…

By Wes Streeting / @wesstreeting As the Prime Minister embarks on what will hopefully be a radical and ambitious programme of democratic renewal, in the wake of the scandal over expenses, this is a golden opportunity to tackle the crisis…