Lucy Powell: “It created more of a culture of not feeling that you could speak out on things for fear of giving you a black mark…”

The privatisation of water hasn't worked. It's not created competition. What you've seen is bills going up and up and up over years and years and years. Investment not being made... and then now these companies are in real distress.

We want young people to have that deeper understanding in literacy and numeracy but across a range of subjects.

It’s a hamster wheel with many young people constantly being branded a failure and having to resit.

And, you know, I want to make sure that we look at this so that it’s fair for students.