Sentences with phrase «shadow schools minister»

Among them were shadow schools minister Nic Dakin and shadow children's minister Sharon Hodgson.

We are now three clauses away from completing the committee stage of the education and adoption bill, which is timely because shadow schools minister Kevin Brennan is about to run out of jokes.

Mr Brennan, who submitted the question in his former role as shadow schools minister, said: «It is a totally bizarre situation.

Mike Kane, the new shadow schools minister, said it was «extremely concerning» that the DfE had been passing information about individual pupils to the Home Office, and called for further clarity on what information would be provided in future.

In the afternoon I received a call from David Cameron's press officer Gabby Bertin correcting one of the quotes attributed to the Tory leader while Iain Dale unearthed a statement from shadow schools minister Michael Gove outlining his support for the policy in January 2008.

But Professor Arthur was reprimanded by Kevin Brennan (pictured), the former shadow schools minister, who said: «It's interesting that, having blamed the Labour party for current Tory education policy, he's taking advantage of it by opening a free school in Birmingham, which is very interesting rhetorical gymnastics.»

He was appointed shadow schools minister in October, and he has his work cut out for him.

Labour's shadow schools minister Nic Dakin accused ministers of «taking their eye off the ball on school standards and failing to ensure that all schools, including those in academy chains, are properly accountable».

For Labour, shadow schools minister Kevin Brennan said Mr Gove's plan would take the exam system «back to the 1950s».

Cardiff West MP and former teacher Kevin Brennan will continue as shadow schools minister, while Yvonne Fovargue, the MP for Makerfield, will retain responsibility for further education and skills as shadow education minister.

Rayner has revealed that she will continue to lead Labour's education team, backed up by Kane, who is the new shadow schools minister.

Kevin Brennan, shadow schools minister, urged Morgan to change the locks on the Department for Education's buildings, to make sure Gove and advisor Dominic Cummings «don't sneak back in after dark».

Despite this, the former shadow education secretary Lucy Powell saw her majority in Manchester Central increase and Mike Kane, the shadow schools minister also kept his seat.

Mike Kane, shadow schools minister, commented: «The number of pupils being taught in super-sized classes is skyrocketing while schools face the first real terms cuts to their budgets in a generation.

Mike Kane, the shadow schools minister, welcomed the investment in the sports premium for primaries, but said the government needed to go further.

One of the local MPs, Mike Kane, the shadow schools minister, was a «first generation» student there himself.

Mike Kane, the shadow schools minister, has spoken of the need for schools to be more accountable for parents and for England's schools commissioners to cover smaller areas and work with city mayors.

Labour's shadow schools minister, Kevin Brennan, said the government was responsible for «immense damage to school standards» by downgrading the teaching profession.

Labour's shadow schools minister Kevin Brennan has now written to Mr Gove calling for him to publish the proposals for savings on free schools in full.

Kevin Brennan, shadow schools minister, said: «David Cameron's government has displayed a shocking degree of complacency in responding to the need for new school places.»

Nic Dakin, the shadow schools minister, said it was «another week, another crisis» for the Department for Education, adding that ministers needed to «get a grip» and should have seen the ruling coming.

Lucy Powell, the shadow schools minister, said there was «no evidence to suggest that academisation in and of itself leads to school improvement».

Lucy Powell, the former shadow education secretary, saw her majority in Manchester Central increased, while Mike Kane, the shadow schools minister, also retained his seat.

Labour's shadow schools minister Nic Dakin said ministers were losing control of their department.

But shadow schools minister Nic Dakin, who posed the urgent question, said the matter was «just the latest in a sorry line of chaos in primary assessment».

In February, shadow schools minister and former primary teacher Mike Kane accused the government of «trying to downgrade what being a teacher is» and argued there are already «too many tracks» into teaching.