Cracking down on truancy, addressing children’s mental health and repairing fractured ties with parents and teachers will form key aspects of Labour’s drive to return education to the heart of the national conversation, according to Bridget Phillipson.
Sir Keir Starmer’s shadow education secretary said she was “looking carefully” at Sadiq Khan’s extension of free school meals in London primary schools, when asked whether the policy could be rolled out nationwide.
