Budget 2024: The tax rises and spending plans to expect as PM revises bus fare cap and reveals back-to-work package
Labour’s first Budget since returning to power is fast approaching, with many of the policies Chancellor Rachel Reeves…
Schools
‘Scrapping one-word Ofsted judgements shows not all bold reforms need cash’
If you were asked to name the Tory cabinet minister who had most impact during the dog-days of…
‘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…
‘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…
‘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…
‘The government’s plans for post-election spending cuts are a trap for Labour’
This is a story about public capital investment. I know it might not sound like the makings of…
Roundup: Another CLP suspended, CEOs flock to conference, TUC presses Labour
Labour has seen so much demand from business leaders hungry to attend a party conference event with senior…
‘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…
Labour urged to end high-stakes primary school testing by biggest teaching union
Labour faces calls from the biggest teaching union to scrap “high-stakes” tests for primary pupils and overhaul school…
Labour’s £1.5bn private school tax windfall leaves education cash to spare
Good morning on a busy day in Labourland. First up, the party’s education team will be cheering a…
