Teacher trainee recruitment in England this year will be substantially below target for the third year running, and for 11th time in the last 12 years Recruitment is a key part (not only - retention is vital) of this crisis because it's still 20% lower than before the pandemic

Wow, this is powerful from Carol Vorderman 👏 She talks about the poverty she lived through during her upbringing, and how the opportunity for social mobility in the 80s was much better then, than it is for those in poverty today Could this be the reason why so many were swayed

As our jails run out of space & we build yet more prisons as a response, the deeper questions we must address are those of criminalisation & reoffending. And I believe the answers we seek are greater investment in early years family support, inclusive education & good youth work!

It is totally clear that when Bridget Phillipson says she is going to do something, that she will do it. Starting the new year with a bang, love it.

Oh this is a fun game. Debt: 70% of GDP vs 100% of GDP NHS waiting lists: 2.5 million vs 7.6 million Kids in temporary accomodation: 38k vs 150k Foodbanks: 35 vs 3000 (approx) Shall we keep going?

Labour will end private schools’ tax breaks and invest the money raised in our state schools. If the Tory leadership contenders want to reverse that, they need to tell us where they’ll make the cuts. It’s time they put up or shut up 🤐

What a fantastic maiden speech,

Setting out our priorities at my first Education Questions as Secretary of State. Our inheritance is poor, our challenges significant, our ambition resolute: this Labour government will break down the barriers to opportunity, so your background does not limit your success.

The Tories have long peddled a myth on standards, so let's look at raw numbers rather than rankings. As the Tories left office: 📉 Standards in reading going down 📉 Standards in maths going down 📉 Standards in science going down Labour will drive high & rising standards.

Boom! Round One to Bridget Phillipson

We can fix the foundations of our economy and build a new Britain that is back in the service of working people.