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Unite decides not to endorse either candidate for Labour deputy leader

Unison and the GMB union earlier announced they were supporting Bridget Phillipson for the post.

Evening Standard

Government consulting on cutting Ofsted inspection subsidy for private schools

Fees for some private schools could increase by more than £1,000 a year over the next five years.

Evening Standard

Unison and GMB unions back Bridget Phillipson to become Labour deputy leader

The Education Secretary said her campaign ‘is getting support from every part of our movement’.

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‘Near impossible’ for poorer families to afford food and bills as UK faces decade of falling incomes, report warns

The findings will pile further pressure on the chancellor to scrap the two-child benefit cap long blamed for keeping children in poverty

The Independent UK

GMB union backs Bridget Phillipson to become Labour deputy leader

The Education Secretary said it was ‘humbling’ to receive the nomination of her own trade union.

Evening Standard

Labour 'delaying scrapping two-child cap for political reasons'

LABOUR are reportedly delaying the release of a major investigation into child poverty for political reasons because it will recommend scrapping a…

The National (Scotland)

Reeves urged to hike gambling taxes to fund axing two-child benefit cap

Labour MPs said it is unfair that children are growing up in poverty while betting companies continue to enjoy soaring profits.

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Andy Burnham: Labour MPs are privately urging me to oust Keir Starmer

ANDY Burnham has said MPs are privately urging him to challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership in an intervention likely to fuel speculation…

The National (Scotland)

Labour MPs are privately urging me to challenge Starmer, Andy Burnham says

Manchester mayor accuses No 10 of creating a ‘climate of fear’ in remarks likely to be seen as a pitch for a future leadership bid

The Independent UK

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.

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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

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.

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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

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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

The Guardian - 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’

The Guardian - UK

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

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Evening Standard

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.

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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.

Evening Standard

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.

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.

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