Lucy Powell: “I can’t make any promises, but, you know, it needs looking at.”

It created more of a culture of not feeling that you could speak out on things for fear of giving you a black mark against your name.

There’s got to be a better way to give young people the skills and confidence that they need to succeed, not just branding them a failure, and also allowing them to gain other qualifications that show they have a strong foundation in…

We don’t want fewer people going to university.

What I’m not going to oversee is some kind of lower ambition for some kids. It’s about ambition for everybody.