Labour will create a new Child Poverty Reduction Unit in Number 10
“Unbelievably cheap”. “More than a little harsh”. This was the response from Tory MPs on Thursday morning when…
Wes Streeting
Why I’m launching Labour’s new ambition: ten by ten
Watching Team GB excel in the Tokyo Olympics this summer filled me with pride. Seeing the medals coming…
Under the Tories, pupils are crammed into classrooms like sardines in a tin
As pupils, parents and teachers await qualification results this week, many are deeply worried about the Tory government’s…
Labour’s Wes Streeting: “I’m back at work, fighting fit and cancer-free”
Labour shadow cabinet member Wes Streeting has declared in a new video message that he is “back at…
Only a Labour government will end child poverty. Let’s make it happen
Child poverty in Britain is rising. It was rising before the pandemic and it is set to rise…
Shadow minister Wes Streeting to take time out for kidney cancer treatment
Labour frontbencher Wes Streeting, who was newly appointed to Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet in the reshuffle last weekend,…
Labour urges reopening of schools first when Covid restrictions are eased
Boris Johnson has continued to use Theresa May’s old tactic of ignoring opposition day votes. The government adopted…
Commons passes Labour free school meals motion as Tories abstain
MPs have passed a Labour motion calling on the government to ensure 1.4 million children across the country…
Streeting outlines top three priorities for “world-leading education system”
Wes Streeting has pointed to tackling child poverty, investing in the teaching profession and improving local accountability and…
“Get every child online,” Labour tells government amid school closures
Labour has called on the government to “get every child online and every school supported to deliver digital…
