Nicky no mates: Lucy Powell says Education Secretary has “no support” for academy plans
Lucy Powell has said the Conservatives have “no support” for their education agenda as rumours intensify that Nicky…
Lucy Powell
Cameron’s reckless academies plan is an attack on our state schools
As Labour councillors, nothing is more important than ensuring all children we represent get the best start in life.…
Cameron’s free schools concept “all but dead” says Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell has accused the Tories of “misleading parents” over their flagship free schools programme. The Shadow education…
Tories’ schools spending cuts take us back to 1990s – Powell
The Tories’ attitude towards state schools is “irresponsible and reckless” with schools, Lucy Powell has said as she…
Corbyn: Tories “asset-stripping” education system
Jeremy Corbyn today accuses the Tories of taking an “ideological” approach to schools and presiding over an “asset-striping” agenda…
Lucy Powell pledges compulsory lessons to tackle epidemic of child “sexting”
Lucy Powell today calls on David Cameron to act over the huge increase in “sexting” among children and…
Labour will fight to retain parents’ voice in the schools system
Last week the Tory mask slipped and their real agenda for our schools system was revealed. Forcing schools…
Osborne academies’ plan “unravelling” amid £560m black hole in schools funding, Powell warns
Lucy Powell has attacked Government’s “costly and disrupting” plans to turn all schools into academies as Labour…
Cameron set to complete Blair’s academies revolution
Every school in England could be turned into an academy under plans expected to be laid out…
Crisis for families as 84,000 fail to get preferred school place
More and more families are failing to win their preferred choice of secondary school for their children,…
