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The Latest Breaking News from Bridget Phillipson

Andy Burnham reveals Labour MPs privately urging him to challenge Starmer as he accuses PM of creating 'climate of fear'

The Manchester mayor’s vision to ‘turn the country around’ includes higher council tax on London homes and a 50p top rate of income tax

Evening Standard

Bridget Phillipson believes she is victim of sexist briefings

The Education Secretary said there is an ‘irony’ to reports which suggest she is Downing Street’s preferred candidate for Labour’s deputy leader.

Evening Standard

Andy Burnham urges ‘wholesale change’ to see off ‘existential’ threat to Labour

The Mayor of Greater Manchester criticised Sir Keir Starmer’s running of the Government ahead of the Labour conference.

Evening Standard

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Blunkett backs Phillipson in Labour deputy leadership race

Former education secretary Lord Blunkett backed the current holder of the role, Bridget Phillipson, to be Labour’s deputy leader.

Evening Standard

Labour deputy leader contender warns party faces 'big threat' from left wing and Reform in London

Lucy Powell said that while campaigning in Lewisham she spoke to ‘a lot of traditional Labour voters who are frustrated’ with how the Government has acted since coming to power last July

Evening Standard

Controversy Explained: Why is Bridget Phillipson Urging Kemi Badenoch to Remove Liz Truss from the Tory Party?

Bridget Phillipson urges Kemi Badenoch to expel Liz Truss after her Tommy Robinson support, citing economic wreckage and bigotry

International Business Times UK

Bridget Phillipson pledges to deliver workers’ rights bill in full if deputy leader

Exclusive: Unions endorse education secretary as she vows to ensure measures are not watered down – ‘no ifs or buts’

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Stop shilly-shallying and scrap the two-child benefit cap

Letters: Readers respond to articles about rising child poverty in Britain, and the education secretary’s criticism that the two-child benefit cap has ‘punished and pushed children into hardship’

The Guardian - UK

Yes, a working-class woman will be Labour’s next deputy leader, but what about those still sidelined?

Until politicians address and improve the lives of all working class women – white and ethnic minority – these advances will feel minimal, says academic Jennifer Jasmine White

The Guardian - UK

Scotland’s young people cannot afford a third decade of SNP – Bridget Phillipson

The UK Education Secretary was speaking during a campaign trip to Scotland on Sunday.

Evening Standard

Private schools face Ofsted inspection cost hike as Phillipson to axe subsidies

The Education Secretary’s allies said it is ‘unfair’ that taxpayers whose children go to state schools are bankrolling the costs of private schools.

Evening Standard

Lucy Powell: Labour should raise gambling taxes to axe two-child benefit cap

Deputy leadership candidate says party needs to be ‘clear that our objective is to lift children out of poverty’

The Guardian - UK

Labour should consider gambling tax rise to fund axing two-child cap – Powell

The MP said she would be ‘a strong independent choice’ for deputy Labour leader.

The Independent UK

Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell to compete for Labour deputy leadership

They will take part in a hustings on the last day of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool before members vote in October.

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The Independent UK

Phillipson bids to revive flagging Labour deputy campaign with call to scrap ‘spiteful’ two child benefit cap

Keir Starmer’s preferred candidate is behind rival Lucy Powell among members, who will decide the contest to replace Angela Rayner, poll suggests

Evening Standard

Abolishing two-child benefit cap is ‘on the table’, says Labour’s Phillipson

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson is seen as Downing Street’s choice for the deputy leader position vacated by Angela Rayner.

The Guardian - UK

Scrapping of two-child benefit cap closer as Bridget Phillipson attacks ‘spiteful’ policy

Exclusive: Clearest sign yet No 10 is preparing to ditch policy as its preferred deputy leadership hopeful says issue is ‘profoundly personal’

The Guardian - UK

Who should be Labour’s deputy leader? Whoever can tell a good Labour story – and take the fight to Reform

The political differences between Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell are slight. What the party needs is someone able to unite and persuade, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Independent UK

Voices: Ping! Another oh-so-helpful email from my child’s school - give parents a break!

COMMENT : Please, minister, writes Victoria Richards, spare us 25 extra emails about a Duke of Edinburgh Award trip that isn’t even taking place until the back end of 2026

The Independent UK

Focusing on Burnham speculation rather than deputy Labour leadership contest is sexist, says Lucy Powell

The former Commons leader said it is ‘sexist’ that everybody is talking about Andy Burnham’s return, rather than focusing on the deputy Labour leadership contest between ‘two strong women’

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Powell hits out at ‘sexist’ talk that she is Labour proxy for Andy Burnham

Deputy leadership hopeful rubbishes claim she and Bridget Phillipson are stand-ins for prime ministerial battle

Evening Standard

Lucy Powell says Labour’s ‘unforced errors’ have cost the party support

The deputy leadership candidate said the Government needs to be ‘clearer’ about wanting to scrap the two-child benefit cap.

The Independent UK

Lush and Lucy & Yak among firms opposing guidance on single-sex spaces

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The Independent UK

Hundreds of firms warn new guidance on single sex spaces is ‘unworkable’ and would cause ‘significant economic harm’

Exclusive: More than 650 organisations have urged Bridget Phillipson to ‘take immediate action to prevent these proposals from moving forward’

The Guardian - UK

Starmer urged to apologise to Epstein victims over Mandelson appointment — as it happened

Kemi Badenoch and Ed Davey attack PM’s record over US ambassador during commons debate that was skipped by Starmer

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