Gove is long gone but Tories are still taking school standards “backwards”, says Hunt
Tristram Hunt, Shadow Secretary of State for Education has said that the Tory policies are putting far too…
Tristram Hunt
The “privileged few” – Labour’s response to figures that show top jobs dominated by small elite
Trsitram Hunt, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, has responded to today’s publishing of a report by the Social Mobility…
New education secretary Nicky Morgan is “continuity Gove”, says Hunt
Today, Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt will give a speech in which he will say, although Michael Gove might be…
Cameron dropped Gove, now Labour must drop his policies
Fireworks, champagne corks popping and rare mashups of Hallelujah and Ode to Joy were heard echoing down the…
Shadow Cabinet rankings – who is the runaway winner?
In the past we used to do a monthly “shadow cabinet rankings” to give LabourList readers an opportunity…
Vocational education would be a priority with new “Technical Degrees”, says Miliband
Labour will make the introduction of Technical Degrees their priority for expanding university places, Ed Miliband will announce…
Labour’s big hitters unite behind local government devolution plans
Today Ed Miliband is unveiling the Local Government Innovation Taskforce in Stevenage. It doesn’t sound like an exciting document,…
Master teachers – our children’s life chances depend upon these reforms
In chapter 2 of the Analects Confucius wrote: “A man who reviews the old so as to find…
Literacy is the key to unlocking the potential of millions
If you are reading this, count yourself lucky; you are not one of the 1 in 5 adults…
England expects a strategy for improving all its schools
Clement Attlee’s first Minister for Education, Ellen Wilkinson, once said that: “It is important not to make plans…
