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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Sally Weale Education correspondent

Labour wants to create opportunities for all. Can its education pledges narrow the divide?

illustration composite with children looking at a teacher in front of a whiteboard and an apprentice
Some schools are having to consider cuts to school trips and mental health support because of funding pressures. Composite: Getty, Alamy

Labour appears poised to win a historic election victory on 4 July. In the series Life under Labour, we look at Keir Starmer’s five key political missions, and ask what is at stake and whether he can implement the change the country is crying out for.

“It’s tough. It’s very, very tough,” says Glyn Potts, the headteacher at Newman Roman Catholic college in Oldham as he reflected on the challenges facing education in England.

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