The Latest Breaking News from Bridget Phillipson

Left-wing journalist Ash Sarkar to appear on Question Time

QUESTION Time is set to take place in Birmingham this evening with plenty of topics to be discussed.

The National (Scotland) · Jan 12, 2023

Labour to demand Commons vote on ending school tax breaks

Keir Starmer’s party wants government to investigate reform of tax benefits

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023

Sunderland MP says Rishi Sunak 'doesn't care' after plans for major childcare reform scrapped

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says the Tories have given up on governing

Chronicle Live · Jan 4, 2023

Tories shelve 'unworkable' schools shake-up in yet another Rishi Sunak U-turn

Critics welcomed the decision to scrap the bill but said it was a symptom of the chaos of the last 12 months - which has seen FIVE different Education Secretaries in charge

Daily Mirror · Dec 7, 2022

Tory chairman’s ‘NHS strikes help Putin’ claim dismissed as ‘ludicrous’

Nadhim Zahawi urges nurses to call off strikes and negotiate but union says it is ministers who are refusing to talk

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2022

Poll finds 62% back Labour's plan to scrap tax breaks for private schools

Labour leader Keir Starmer wants to remove the charitable status of private schools that means parents don’t pay VAT on fees, but Rishi Sunak has rejected the idea

Daily Mirror · Dec 1, 2022

Prisoners to be held in police cells as jails close to full, justice minister says – as it happened

Damian Hinds says acute increase in prison population means he has requested temporary use of up to 400 police cells

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2022

Tories 'abandoning families' as 1,600 children's centres close in a decade

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the centres were a “lifeline” for families - and warned more closures were sure to follow after the Tories “crashed the economy”

Daily Mirror · Nov 26, 2022

Baby boom: why funding childcare properly will boost the UK economy

Britain has a labour shortage and parents who want to work: but the cost of childcare they need to do so often exceeds their pay

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2022

Inflation will erode funding for early years care, finds IFS

Report foresees funding for childcare places in England falling by 8% over next three years

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2022