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Labour says school plans would save taxpayer billions in agency fees

Sir Keir Starmer will later this week set out the party’s plans on schools and education.

The Independent UK

Super-teacher hit squads to rescue failing schools under Labour plans to help poorest

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said new improvement teams will target poorer areas as figures show children from those backgrounds are almost twice as likely to go to an inadequate school

Daily Mirror

Health Secretary says junior doctors ‘suddenly’ walked away from talks

Steve Barclay would not commit to saying whether a 6% pay rise for NHS staff would be acceptable.

The Independent UK

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Labour could investigate any claim of Jess Phillips ‘racism’, says shadow minister

Bridget Phillipson says party has process to look into headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh’s complaint against frontbench colleague

The Guardian - UK

Shadow education secretary says Jess Phillips not racist amid headteacher row

The Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley has been accused of ‘racist and bullying behaviour’ by a high-profile headteacher.

The Independent UK

Labour’s childcare plans ‘have not been cut back and will be on scale of NHS’

Party’s education spokesperson denies reports of intervention from shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves

The Independent UK

Labour says reforms would tackle ‘exodus’ of teachers from profession

A new package of measures to recruit and retain teachers in England schools would lead to ‘world-class teaching for every child’, Labour has said.

The Independent UK

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New teachers to be offered £2,400 bonus by Labour to stop classroom exodus

Keir Starmer and his Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson will this week pledge 'world-class teaching for every child' in a major speech on education

Daily Mirror

Calling Bridget Phillipson ‘chippy’ is a cheap shot oozing in class contempt

A plan by private school cronies to wind up the shadow education minister is worthy of any posh movie villain

The Guardian - UK

Private school officials called Labour’s Bridget Phillipson ‘chippy’ in emails

Exclusive: Comments about shadow education secretary revealed as lobby group steps up pushback against Labour plans

The Guardian - UK

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.

The Independent UK

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

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The Guardian - UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

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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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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…

Daily Mirror

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.

The Guardian - UK

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