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Labour must counter the Tory bonanza of uncosted policies. But not at the expense of childcare

By rowing back on commitments to free provision for children and the green new deal, the party is losing at the Tories’ toxic game, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Labour rules out universal childcare for young children in fiscal credibility drive

Party insiders say extra help for poorer families in England still on table as shadow ministers review policy options

The Guardian - UK

Labour pledges to revamp Ofsted grading system

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson was speaking at the Times Education Summit in London.

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Out-of-touch Rishi Sunak gives $3million to US college as UK schools can't afford basics

Rishi Sunak and his wife donated a huge sum for a computing lab at Claremont McKenna in California, where Akshata Murty studied. The college fees are $86,500 a year for tuition and board

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson says he will bypass Cabinet Office and send WhatsApp messages directly to Covid inquiry – as it happened

Former PM says he will provide unredacted messages directly to the inquiry in letter to Lady Hallett

The Guardian - UK

Labour vows to overhaul planned Tory changes to student loan system

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson says party would reduce monthly repayments for graduates

The Guardian - UK

‘It feels cynical’: how would Labour’s VAT policy affect private schools?

Party and many economists back plan but niche schools such as Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain say they could struggle

The Guardian - UK

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Labour bid to force ministers to reveal details of horror schools at risk of collapse

A leaked government report last year warned that some school buildings in England were in such disrepair that they posed a 'risk to life' to children and staff

Daily Mirror

Shortage of specialist teachers risks having 'real impact on kids' life chances'

Labour Party has tonight warned the use of non-expert teachers – those not qualified in a subject above A-Level - is holding back pupils at schools across the country

Daily Mirror

Sunderland mum campaigning after partner was killed by drink and drug-fuelled driver to meet Government

Carol King wants motorists suspected of being at fault in a serious or fatal collision to have their licences temporarily suspended before conviction

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Vanilla nice? The 99s are on Starmer in Blackpool as local elections loom

Labour leader insists party is cutting through with voters as he chats to locals and visits an ice-cream parlour

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Scrap your tuition fees pledge, Labour, and end middle-class handouts

Tuition fees is the exploding bomb of British politics. It can go off in the hands of an unsuspecting leader and even lead, as in the case of poor Nick Clegg of the Lib Dems, to being forced to flee to Facebook. When he was running to be leader of…

Evening Standard

Labour warns parents face 'childcare deserts' with sector at risk of 'crashing' under Tories

In an interview with The Mirror, the Shadow Education Secretary accused Jeremy Hunt of "pouring petrol on a fire that is already raging". Earlier this month he announced plans to offer more free hours - without enough cash to prop up the struggling system

Daily Mirror

Bridget Phillipson says her single mum was 'pushed into poverty' over lack of childcare

Labour's Shadow Education Secretary, who grew up in a council house in Washington, Tyne and Wear, said her mum Clare didn't go back to work full time until she started school because no childcare was available.

Daily Mirror

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The Guardian - UK

The card that’s a sign of eternal friendship

Brief letters: Birthday greetings | Bridget Phillipson | Women’s football’s nasty turn | Saveloy source | The joy of a post-hangover day

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‘I grew up at the margins’: Bridget Phillipson on teachers’ strikes, Ofsted, Brexit and Corbyn

The shadow education secretary is determined to put childcare reform at the heart of Labour’s policy – and stop Jeremy Hunt stealing her thunder

Daily Mirror

New £4bn childcare package for one and two year olds labelled 'economically illiterate'

Jeremy Hunt will provide an extra 30 hours free childcare a week to working parents of one and two year olds, as well as access to breakfast and after-school clubs for primary pupils

Daily Mirror

Give parents more free childcare in next week's Budget, voters demand in poll

Around six in 10 believe the Tories should massively expand free childcare to one and two-year-olds in England, according to the Redfield & Wilton poll for the Sunday Mirror

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Labour would bring in annual safeguarding reviews for schools in England

Ofsted inspection process ‘isn’t working’, shadow education secretary tells headteachers

The Independent UK

Safeguarding concerns ‘missed’ due to infrequent school inspections – Labour

Too many girls are exposed to language, images and behaviours that no school should tolerate, Bridget Phillipson said.

The Guardian - UK

Labour pledges to overhaul England’s school ratings with ‘report card’

Shadow education secretary to announce policy aimed at giving parents more information than Ofsted’s current system

The Independent UK

Labour pledges to introduce annual school safeguarding review as part of reforms

The party would consult on a ‘report card’ to replace the four headline grades that Ofsted awards to schools, Bridget Phillipson will say.

The Guardian - UK

If Starmer wants a defining policy for government, this is it: childcare, childcare, childcare

Pen Green nursery’s plight shows why Labour again needs the radicalism of Sure Start, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Daily Mirror

Labour will ditch 'broken' Tory childcare model - instead of 'bolting on' free hours

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it was time for a complete overhaul of the 'complex and confused' childcare system - and said 'bolting on' more hours would not fix it

The Independent UK

Labour’s Phillipson calls for end to childcare ‘tinkering’

The shadow education secretary said she wanted to ‘move away’ from the current system of providing free childcare hours.

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