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Kemi Badenoch: “The fact is if she knew so much about poor children she wouldn't have given them fewer teachers.”

On the recordJune 24, 2026
The fact is if she knew so much about poor children she wouldn't have given them fewer teachers.
Said by
Kemi Badenoch
Conservative Party
Source
bbc.co.uk

Editor's note · Context

In response to Sir Keir Starmer's defense of Phillipson

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