Sentences with phrase «of shadow education secretary»

Grammar schools will be one of the major issues discussed at conference, which runs until Wednesday, and will feature in the keynote speeches of shadow education secretary Angela Rayner and Corbyn himself.

He was a relatively unheard - of shadow education secretary, and was not remotely expected to win.

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«Ed Balls boasted that his new diploma was on course to overtake the A-level and become the qualification of choice for young people,» said shadow education secretary Michael Gove.

Labour website LabourList said its readers ranked Ms Cooper as the most popular of Mr Miliband's team, with shadow chancellor Ed Balls, shadow education secretary Andy Burnham, shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander and shadow international development secretary Harriet Harman all well - liked.

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.

Andy Burnham, Labour's shadow education secretary, calls on the government not to betray trust of young people and create a «lost generation»:

Now that approach is being comprehensively abandoned with a speech from shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg at the Royal Society of Arts.

Labour will not undo Michael Gove's school reforms, many of which have been «successful» the shadow education secretary admits.

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.

Under Ed Miliband he was shadow secretary for education and shadow secretary of state for health.

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It shows why he should have listened to business leaders, headteachers and experts in the first place and not come up with a plan on the back of an envelope,» said shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg.

The shadow education secretary said that any decision on whether Lord Archer joined his local Conservative association was up to the local board, saying it would be «crazy» for the party leader to intervene in the proper process of membership.

«If David Cameron is really serious about protecting our children he should stop blocking compulsory sex and relationship education in our schools which could teach all our children zero tolerance of violence in relationships and greater resilience against online abuse,» shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said.

Labour supports the continuation of state - funded faith schools and shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said he saw them as «an important part of the educational landscape».

Labour's shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg has said such a change would «risk the abuse of public resources».

The lack of oversight, the lack of capacity within the governance structures and failure to deliver improvements are all issues we have been raising for months,» said Lucy Powell, the shadow education secretary.

Tristram Hunt, the shadow education secretary, has attracted attention because of his posh first name and questions about whether, having been privately educated, he would send his child to private school.

The former shadow education secretary has previously spoken out against Mr Corbyn's leadership of the party, saying the «experiment with Corbynism has to end».

Hilary Benn, Labour's shadow foreign secretary, said it was a «shameful and cowardly poster», while Nicky Morgan, the Conservative education secretary, said: «Using the tragic deaths of innocent people to make a political point is simply shameful.»

However, the Tory leader's colleague, shadow secretary of state for children, schools and families Michael Gove, tacitly suggested there might be room for negotiation between with the Lib Dems, on education at least.

And Ed Miliband's former ally Lucy Powell becomes shadow education secretary, with Maria Eagle taking the post of defence secretary.

Labour dismissed the proposals as lacking clarity and shadow education secretary Andy Burnham accused Mr Gove of presiding over a «total shambles».

The shadow education secretary was taken to task over Labour's pledge to ensure that no pupil is in a class larger than 30 children in the first three years of primary school.

The shadow education secretary took 134,446 of the nearly 190,000 ballots cast, with his rival, shadow home secretary David Davis, winning just 64,398 votes.

This decision affects the educational attainment and health of pupils,» shadow education secretary Angela Rayner was due to say today.

The shadow education secretary argued a lack of confidence in GCSEs and A-levels means many independent schools were turning to exams such as the IGCSE, the pre-U or the international baccalaureate (IB) to stretch their pupils.

A number of Labour MPs, including Cruddas and former shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt, have warned that if the party is to successfully kick - start a debate on identity and community, it is also going to have to ask some tough questions about its relationship with «Englishness».

The shadow education secretary, Ed Balls, said to rush the bill through in this way was «a complete abuse of Parliament.»

«Ministers must wake up to the real danger of creating a lost generation,» said shadow education secretary Andy Burnham.

Angela Eagle, the present Shadow Leader of the House could then shadow a substantial spending department; she should replace the lacklustre Stephen Twigg as Shadow Education Secretary.

The shadow education secretary then either needs to dance on the head of a pin or disown Burnham.

The new shadow education secretary has said Labour is «on the side» of parents who want to set up schools and would not shut most existing free schools.

Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt was quizzed on Mumsnet today and admitted the issue of when summer - born children start school was a growing concern for both parents and admissions authorities,

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...

Angela Eagle becomes shadow business secretary and shadow first secretary of state, Lisa Nandy as shadow energy secretary, Lucy Powell takes the education portfolio and Diane Abbott as shadow minister for international development.

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.

They include Chi Onwurah, the former minister for culture and the digital economy, who wrote that it was «statistically interesting to say the least» that Labour's leader had made life difficult for two of the very few minority ethnic female MPs; and Pat Glass, who resigned as shadow education secretary in June two days after being appointed, in protest over Corbyn's leadership.

Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt has said that the Free School policy is «damaging standards» and that there was a «lack of oversight».

«This is the third time in a year that Michael Gove has had to U-turn under the threat of legal action,» shadow education secretary Andy Burnham said.

In an email sent to shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt, Tim Boyes, head of Queensbridge School, said:

The former shadow education secretary, Lucy Powell, who was one of the first major resignations, urged Corbyn to give up: «This is a very clear result and if Jeremy is to show any leadership quality at all he must now reflect and respond to this overwhelming and unprecedented indication from the parliamentary labour party which includes all wings and all groupings.»

Stephen Twigg, the shadow education secretary who has written to Mr Gove's most senior civil servant demanding to know why the Education Secretary had ignored the panel, said: «The fact that Michael Gove has ignored the advice of independent experts and ploughed ahead with selling off school playing fields shows he is shamefully out education secretary who has written to Mr Gove's most senior civil servant demanding to know why the Education Secretary had ignored the panel, said: «The fact that Michael Gove has ignored the advice of independent experts and ploughed ahead with selling off school playing fields shows he is shamefully out secretary who has written to Mr Gove's most senior civil servant demanding to know why the Education Secretary had ignored the panel, said: «The fact that Michael Gove has ignored the advice of independent experts and ploughed ahead with selling off school playing fields shows he is shamefully out Education Secretary had ignored the panel, said: «The fact that Michael Gove has ignored the advice of independent experts and ploughed ahead with selling off school playing fields shows he is shamefully out Secretary had ignored the panel, said: «The fact that Michael Gove has ignored the advice of independent experts and ploughed ahead with selling off school playing fields shows he is shamefully out of touch.

So much of Greening's statement had been barely audible that it took a while for the shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner, to actually make any sense of what had been said.

The shadow education secretary wants to reverse the cancellation of plans to extend free meals to a further 500,000 pupils.

Mr Corbyn suffered the indignity of further shadow cabinet resignations, with shadow education secretary Pat Glass quitting just two days after being appointed to the post saying the situation was «untenable».

Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said improving the quality of teaching was the way to raise standards and described the Conservative pledge as «a terrifying admission of failure».

The shadow education secretary Ed Balls also called today for a government statement about the allegations that a number of senior public figures had had their voicemail messages intercepted, amid claims that Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson was aware the illegal practice was going on while he was the newspaper's editor.

Asked whether he would agree with giving financial regulation back to the Bank of England, as George Osborne, proposes, the shadow education secretary replied:

Angela Rayner, shadow education secretary, told The Guardian: «It is clear that something has gone seriously wrong since the coalition government privatised this service, and the future education and training of thousands is now at risk.