Austerity is based on an outright lie – McDonnell’s pre-Budget speech
This is the full speech delivered by John McDonnell today ahead of the Budget on Wednesday. Good morning.…
Schools
Labour saw off Osborne’s academies plan – now we must use the Budget to block any new effort to break up secondary system
This is part of a series of articles in the run-up to the Budget on November 22. I…
Fiona Twycross: Britain deserves better than a Tory Brexit that betrays business and public sector workers
Over a year has passed since Britain voted to leave the European Union. In that time the government…
Liam Byrne: Crisis in schools and hospitals shows why this Budget must bin austerity
This is part of a series of articles in the run-up to the Budget on November 22. Are…
Britain “missed out on 21 hospitals” because of Tory failure on tax avoidance
Labour today renews its attacked on the “rigged system” as it publishes research showing how the scale of…
Angela Rayner: Downing Street briefings don’t change the fact that the Tories have held down teachers’ pay
Teachers across the country will be returning to the classroom this week after a summer that – thanks…
Tory GCSE grade changes show that they’re motivated by one thing – ideology.
When I first heard that there were plans afoot to change GCSE grades from the A*-G type to…
Class divide has not gone away – Labour must use education to lift all children
It is becoming blatantly clear that social class and not gender or race determine how well a child…
My blueprint to save our secondary schools – and snuff out the smokescreen of more grammars, a teacher writes
I remember a rather heated conversation with a resident while campaigning in the general election. I think the…
Rayner and Green: Breakfast doesn’t mean breakfast – yet another Tory U-Turn
The triple-lock on pensions, winter fuel payments, paying for social care costs: since the election we have heard…
