The NEU kept children and teachers safe during the pandemic, yet we are disgracefully slandered by the politicians who have truly failed our children by not funding a proper education recovery programme — here’s what is needed, explains KEVIN COURTNEY

“LABOUR’S narrative will have to be sharper this time”: Steve Howell on the looming general election.
Having run a communications company for more than 20 years, longstanding Labour Party member Steve Howell took leave of absence to work for Jeremy Corbyn as deputy director of strategy and communications.
He played a key role in Labour’s extraordinary general election performance in 2017, writing a book about his experience, Game Changer: Eight Weeks That Transformed British Politics.

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