Lucy Powell: “So, look, the Government has committed to a review of that. It is … very much at the top of my in-tray as the secretary…”

They have to take some responsibility for creating … a system that has left over a million young people now not in education, training or employment. The current approach has left too many behind.

I’m not here to worry about private schools. I’m here to worry about state schools.

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…

The idea that academic and technical education are rivals competing for status belongs in the past.