Thursday 28 May 2020 Education / Rebecca Long Bailey Rebecca Long Bailey responds to today’s announcement on schools reopening Continue Reading
Friday 22 May 2020 Education / Rebecca Long Bailey Sage advice on wider opening of schools – Long Bailey responds Continue Reading
Wednesday 20 May 2020 Education / Toby Perkins Toby Perkins responds to Sutton Trust report on impact of Covid-19 on apprenticeships Continue Reading
Wednesday 13 May 2020 Education / Rebecca Long Bailey Joint Union statement on safe reopening of schools – Long Bailey responds Continue Reading
Tuesday 12 May 2020 Education / Schools / Tulip Siddiq Government must not withdraw free school meals support during half-term – Tulip Siddiq Continue Reading
Monday 11 May 2020 Education / Rebecca Long Bailey Government not demonstrated it can start planning for safe opening of schools – Long-Bailey Continue Reading
Wednesday 6 May 2020 Education / Margaret Greenwood Education Policy Institute’s proposals for a school “Catch Up Plan” – Margaret Greenwood Continue Reading
Monday 4 May 2020 Education / Emma Hardy Emma Hardy responds to the government support package for universities and students Continue Reading
Monday 4 May 2020 Education / Rebecca Long Bailey Rebecca Long-Bailey comments on Sutton Trust research on the impact of Covid-19 on university applicants Continue Reading
Friday 1 May 2020 Education / Tulip Siddiq Food is not a luxury item – Tulip Siddiq on free school meal vouchers Continue Reading
Friday 24 April 2020 Education / Rebecca Long Bailey / Toby Perkins Thousands of apprenticeships could be lost without government support Continue Reading
Thursday 23 April 2020 Education / Tulip Siddiq Tulip Siddiq responds to emergency legislation relaxing local authorities’ statutory duties to vulnerable children Continue Reading
Thursday 23 April 2020 Education / Rebecca Long Bailey Rebecca Long-Bailey responds to UCU report showing £2.5 billion funding ‘black hole’ for universities Continue Reading
Wednesday 15 April 2020 Education / Rebecca Long Bailey Long-Bailey responds to free school meals voucher scheme issues Continue Reading
Wednesday 18 March 2020 Angela Rayner / Coronavirus / Education Angela Rayner response to education statement Continue Reading
Friday 6 March 2020 Education / Luke Pollard Environment Secretary George Eustice has voted against his own proposals to protect food standards Continue Reading
Monday 2 March 2020 Angela Rayner / Education Education Secretary should resign rather than cut free school meals for infants – Rayner Continue Reading
Thursday 20 February 2020 Angela Rayner / Education Angela Rayner’s message of solidarity to UCU strikers Continue Reading
Tuesday 18 February 2020 Angela Rayner / Education Apprenticeship Levy funds expired – Rayner responds Continue Reading
Thursday 30 January 2020 Angela Rayner / Education Angela Rayner comments on schools funding announcement Continue Reading
Wednesday 29 January 2020 Angela Rayner / Education Elitist private schools oppose plans to widen access to universities unacceptable – Angela Rayner Continue Reading
Friday 17 January 2020 Angela Rayner / Education Angela Rayner responds to Education Policy Institute report on the early years workforce Continue Reading
Friday 3 January 2020 Angela Rayner / Education Rayner responds to government announcement on culture funding for children in schools Continue Reading
Monday 9 December 2019 Angela Rayner / Education The Tories have slashed funding for education and now we are seeing the consequences – Angela Rayner Continue Reading
Sunday 8 December 2019 Angela Rayner / Education Tories’ free schools programme has failed to deliver value for money or improvement in standards – Angela Rayner Continue Reading
Thursday 5 December 2019 Angela Rayner / Education / Jeremy Corbyn Angela Rayner, Jeremy Corbyn joined by Jamelia, BeatFreek Collective for Birmingham rally Continue Reading
Thursday 5 December 2019 Angela Rayner / Education Labour announces plan to improve education standards for all children Continue Reading
Thursday 5 December 2019 Angela Rayner / Education / Poverty Labour unveil plan to “poverty proof” schools Continue Reading
Thursday 5 December 2019 Angela Rayner / Education Rayner responds to research revealing Tories’ GCSEs reforms have led to widening attainment gap Continue Reading
Wednesday 4 December 2019 Angela Rayner / Education Angela Rayner responds to the NEU’s analysis of each party’s manifesto Continue Reading
Saturday 30 November 2019 Angela Rayner / Education Tories attempting to avoid addressing their own record on education Continue Reading
Thursday 28 November 2019 Angela Rayner / Education The Conservatives have failed teachers, parents and pupils – Angela Rayner Continue Reading
Thursday 28 November 2019 Angela Rayner / Education Angela Rayner comments on the Conservatives’ failure to achieve their own teacher training targets Continue Reading
Monday 25 November 2019 Angela Rayner / Education University staff deserve fair pay, workloads and pensions – Angela Rayner comments on the UCU strikes Continue Reading
Saturday 23 November 2019 Angela Rayner / Education / Poverty An entire generation of children are paying the price for Conservative cuts – Angela Rayner Continue Reading
Tuesday 12 November 2019 Angela Rayner / Education Labour announces plans to “throw open the door” for adults to study Continue Reading
Saturday 9 November 2019 Angela Rayner / Education It is clear that Johnson has failed to keep his pledge to reverse the Tories’ education cuts Continue Reading
Wednesday 23 October 2019 Angela Rayner / Education Rayner responds to calls for SEND reforms Continue Reading
Thursday 17 October 2019 Angela Rayner / Education 1 in 8 schools have no library – Rayner responds Continue Reading
Sunday 13 October 2019 Angela Rayner / Education Research shows 80% of English councils have scrapped School Uniform Grant – Angela Rayner comments Continue Reading
Friday 11 October 2019 Angela Rayner / Education Government accused of funding Tory areas at expense of poor – Rayner responds Continue Reading
Friday 11 October 2019 Angela Rayner / Education Conservatives won’t even reverse their school cuts since 2010 – Angela Rayner Continue Reading
Friday 11 October 2019 Angela Rayner / Education Thousands of children falling off school rolls is a scandal – Rayner Continue Reading
Monday 30 September 2019 Angela Rayner / Education Four in five of England’s schools will be worse off next year than they were in 2015 Continue Reading
Sunday 22 September 2019 Angela Rayner / Education Angela Rayner speaking at Labour Party Conference Continue Reading
Sunday 22 September 2019 Angela Rayner / Education Labour to scrap “unfit for purpose” Ofsted and overhaul school inspection regime Continue Reading
Friday 20 September 2019 Angela Rayner / Education NAHT report on effective school-to-school peer review – Rayner responds Continue Reading
Friday 20 September 2019 Angela Rayner / Education Children’s Commissioner for England research reveals almost one in five children left education at 18 last year without basic qualifications – Rayner responds Continue Reading
Thursday 19 September 2019 Angela Rayner / Education Parents, teachers and the public can’t trust Boris Johnson’s promises on school funding Continue Reading
Thursday 19 September 2019 Angela Rayner / Education Private School Policy Reform paper – Angela Rayner responds Continue Reading