Sentences with phrase «by shadow education secretary»

But his enthusiasm was not shared by the shadow education secretary, Andy Burnham, who described the English Bac as highly unfair and a 1950s measure.

The furore over the suggestion by shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt that private schools need to contribute more to state education or face the removal of their tax breaks has been predictable...

This was highlighted by shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt in an emergency question in the Commons.

In the Commons, Mr Gove was asked by shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt to confirm the claim.

The response was questioned by shadow education secretary Lucy Powell who said a «continual lack of transparency over decisions that affect our children's schools is wholly unacceptable».

The government has been accused of «wasting precious time» with school building plans, by the shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg.

But his comments were quickly slapped down by shadow education secretary Angela Rayner who tweeted: «It's as if they've [the Conservatives] have forgotten they've cut all the services in local government that helped.»

The furore over the suggestion by shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt that private schools need to contribute more to state education or face the removal of their tax breaks has been predictable...

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On tuition fees, shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said: «If they want a debate on fees they could start by allowing one in the Commons on their latest fee hike, along with a vote.

Most damagingly for Gove, some of the failures of the school directly correlate to concerns raised about free schools by new Labour shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt.

Rayner has now indicated that the answer to that question is a clear yes, with the shadow education secretary telling Nick Robinson that she is capable of being Labour leader - and would not let feminists down by saying otherwise.

UKIP chairman Paul Oakden said he expected many voters to desert Labour in Stoke - on - Trent's upcoming by - election - triggered by the former shadow education secretary's departure.

Speaking during the BBC's Daily Politics election debate on education, shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said that anyone without - or not working toward - QTS by 2020 «doesn't deserve to be in the classroom».

ITV News Political Editor Tom Bradby will be joined on tonight's The Agenda by Tristram Hunt MP, the newly appointed shadow education secretary.

Progress, viewed by Unite and others as a «neo-liberal» organisation, is funded by Lord Sainsbury and its president is Stephen Twigg, the shadow education secretary.

Visiting Bristol yesterday as part of Labour's city conversation, to help elect Marvin Rees as city mayor, shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg highlighted the government's swingeing cuts with new build funding for schools slashed by a massive 57 %, against a general 30 % cut in most other spending areas.

«Mr Balls, the shadow education secretary, called on supporters to back Miss Abbott during an event held by the GMB trade union, saying that it was important for a woman to be in the race.»

Ed Balls, the shadow education secretary, is being backed by the Communication Workers Union, and Diane Abbott, the Left - wing backbencher, by the Transport Salaried Staffs Association.

The figures come from a parliamentary question asked by Lucy Powell, who stepped down as shadow education secretary in June 2016.

Tristram Hunt, the shadow Education Secretary, has been critical of the Priority School Building Programme, emphasising how the scheme was «limping along at a staggeringly slow pace», with only one in four schools from the initial phase actually under construction work, three years on from the announcement made by then Education Secretary Michael Gove.

Ofsted's ratings for schools sponsored by universities and private schools has also led the former shadow education secretary Lucy Powell to question government plans to boost the involvement of these institutions in academies.

«This is a desperate attempt by the Tories to try to overshadow their failures on school standards,» said Labour's shadow education secretary, Tristram Hunt.

Lucy Powell, Labour's shadow education secretary, writing in today's edition of Schools Week, said many secondary schools in the areas singled out by Ofsted were already academies.

But figures released this morning by former shadow education secretary Lucy Powell MP (pictured right) question the ability of private schools to raise standards in the state sector.

The Labour leader will be joined by Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, who says her party wants to remove the «stigma attached to free school meals».

However, Greening and other Conservative MPs were accused of «having their fingers in their ears» by the former shadow education secretary Lucy Powell, who said the public were «fed up to the back teeth» of cuts to public services.

May used a report, commissioned by the Labour - run Knowsley borough council, to rebut concerns raised by former shadow education secretary Lucy Powell that the government's focus on grammar schools was hindering social mobility progress.

But Labour's shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner, rejected the government's promises of social mobility, saying that they were contradicted by their decisions on funding.

Labour's shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner, said: «The Tories would take away infant free school meals in order to plug the massive holes left by their cuts in school budgets.

She could do worse than consider the proposal put forward by Tristram Hunt in November 2014 when he was shadow education secretary.

The question about spending on the new format was asked by Labour's former shadow education secretary, Lucy Powell.

Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, said the move by the treasury was «astonishing» at a time when schools spending is being «drastically cut».

The new shadow education secretary has told The Guardian that the Conservatives will «drag England's schools into the past» by reviving grammar schools, «demoralising teachers and cutting resources».

This group, effectively led by shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn, has its firmest support within the shadow cabinet, counting shadow defence secretary Maria Eagle, deputy leader Tom Watson, shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander, shadow culture secretary Michael Dugher and shadow education secretary Lucy Powell among those planning to vote in favour.

School leaders are being forced out of the profession by rising workloads, falling pay and a lack of support, shadow education secretary Angela Rayner warned today.

Judging from recent coverage of debates around character education, this criticism is still valid in critiques of the views of character expressed both by Morgan, and Labour's shadow education secretary, Tristram Hunt.

The issue of teaching character, which until now has mainly been debated within the ivory towers of academia, is suddenly all the rage in policy circles in the UK, in the wake of the report by the All - Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on social mobility, and shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt's latest speech.

Labour's shadow education secretary, Tristram Hunt, said: «This is a desperate attempt by the flailing Tory campaign to undo the damage that has been caused by David Cameron's chaotic exam changes.

Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, pressed Gibb on the government's spending plans and Carol Monaghan, the Scottish National Party's education spokesperson, demanded «urgent confirmation» on how ministers will stand by their manifesto pledge to make sure no school has its budget cut.

Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, said she was «seriously concerned» about the developments and demanded an investigation by the Education Funding Agency and regional schools commissioner Vieducation secretary, said she was «seriously concerned» about the developments and demanded an investigation by the Education Funding Agency and regional schools commissioner ViEducation Funding Agency and regional schools commissioner Vicky Beer.

Hinds made the claim during education questions in the Commons, and was reported to the stats watchdog the following week by Angela Rayner, Labour's shadow education secretary.

His comments come after new shadow education secretary Lucy Powell pledged more «local oversight», and represent the party's first official confirmation that this oversight will be led by councils if Labour wins the next general election.

The # 2,000 prize was presented to Jon Richards and Ed Simkins for The World in Infographics: Animal Kingdom (Wayland) by Tristram Hunt, shadow secretary of state for education, at a ceremony yesterday (2nd December) at the House of Commons.