Lucy Powell: “It's not created competition. What you've seen is bills going up and up and up over years and years and years.”

The treadmill of failure of GCSE English and maths.

That’s not a coincidence — it’s a consequence. It’s his legacy.

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…