Labour pledges action on schools equality as students await A-level results
LABOUR pledged to tackle education inequalities today as pupils across the country await their A-level results due Thursday.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson committed to closing both regional education disparities and the achievement gap between private and state schools.
Ironically, Ms Phillipson said that one of the reasons for educational disadvantage was that there are too many children living in poverty, yet her colleague, Chancellor Rachel Reeves, has refused to lift the two-child benefit cap, a major driver of child poverty, and Labour MPs who have voted for its removal have had the parliamentary whip withdrawn.
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