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Government consulting on cutting Ofsted inspection subsidy for private schools

Fees for some private schools could increase by more than £1,000 a year over the next five years.

Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2025

Unison and GMB unions back Bridget Phillipson to become Labour deputy leader

The Education Secretary said her campaign ‘is getting support from every part of our movement’.

Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2025

‘Near impossible’ for poorer families to afford food and bills as UK faces decade of falling incomes, report warns

The findings will pile further pressure on the chancellor to scrap the two-child benefit cap long blamed for keeping children in poverty

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2025

Andy Burnham reveals Labour MPs privately urging him to challenge Starmer as he accuses PM of creating 'climate of fear'

The Manchester mayor’s vision to ‘turn the country around’ includes higher council tax on London homes and a 50p top rate of income tax

Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2025

Labour MPs are privately urging me to challenge Starmer, Andy Burnham says

Manchester mayor accuses No 10 of creating a ‘climate of fear’ in remarks likely to be seen as a pitch for a future leadership bid

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025

Bridget Phillipson believes she is victim of sexist briefings

The Education Secretary said there is an ‘irony’ to reports which suggest she is Downing Street’s preferred candidate for Labour’s deputy leader.

Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2025

Andy Burnham urges ‘wholesale change’ to see off ‘existential’ threat to Labour

The Mayor of Greater Manchester criticised Sir Keir Starmer’s running of the Government ahead of the Labour conference.

Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2025

Blunkett backs Phillipson in Labour deputy leadership race

Former education secretary Lord Blunkett backed the current holder of the role, Bridget Phillipson, to be Labour’s deputy leader.

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2025

Labour deputy leader contender warns party faces 'big threat' from left wing and Reform in London

Lucy Powell said that while campaigning in Lewisham she spoke to ‘a lot of traditional Labour voters who are frustrated’ with how the Government has acted since coming to power last July

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2025

Controversy Explained: Why is Bridget Phillipson Urging Kemi Badenoch to Remove Liz Truss from the Tory Party?

Bridget Phillipson urges Kemi Badenoch to expel Liz Truss after her Tommy Robinson support, citing economic wreckage and bigotry

International Business Times UK · Sep 23, 2025