The Guardian view on free nursery places: risks as well as rewards must be monitored Editorial: Ministers are giving working families more support, but not a new public service The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2025
Forget Orwell’s ‘Two Minutes Hate’ – the immigration debate shows real loathing Since the summer recess the public discourse, stirred by Nigel Farage’s weekly press conferences, has altered radically The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2025
PM backs Angela Rayner as deputy faces growing pressure over property portfolio Conservatives have called for Ms Rayner to face an ethics inquiry after it was reported she saved £40,000 in stamp duty when she bought an £800,000 flat in Brighton Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2025
Angela Rayner ‘clear she followed rules’ when buying Hove flat, says Bridget Phillipson Education secretary defends her cabinet colleague against claims she avoided stamp duty when buying property The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2025
Reform UK accused by Cabinet minister of ‘whipping up anger’ over asylum hotels But deputy leader Richard Tice said it is ‘ridiculous’ to suggest Reform has encouraged the violent scenes at some protests. Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2025
‘It is about a balance of rights’ Education secretary on community concerns in Epping Bridget Phillipson was repeatedly asked wether she believed the rights of asylum seekers were more important than the interests of local communities. The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2025
Rayner has right to spend money as she chooses, says Phillipson in row over flat The Education Secretary said the Deputy Prime Minister has insisted she followed the rules over her £800,000 purchase in Hove. Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2025
Reform and Farage are making anger over migrant crisis worse, minister says IN FULL The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2025
Badenoch in pledge to ‘get all our oil and gas out of the North Sea’ Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said a Conservative administration would maximise extraction. The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2025
Bridget Phillipson: parents must do more about bad behaviour and attendance in schools Education secretary targets 800 schools as she attempts to turn around post-Covid trends with enhanced support The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2025
Farage and Reform ‘whipping up anger’ on migrants, cabinet minister warns Education secretary Bridget Phillipson claimed Mr Farage has ‘no interest’ in finding solutions to the migrant crisis and small boats The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2025
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson ‘ashamed’ of child poverty levels The minister said the Government was looking at every way of reducing levels of child poverty, including benefits changes. Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2025
Labour accused of plotting car park ‘spy cameras’ and new fines for motorists Blueprints drawn up by government officials include proposals to install numberplate recognition cameras in car parks Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2025
Scheme offering free meals and activities to poorer pupils in holidays extended It comes as working parents in England will be able to access 30 hours of funded childcare a week for children older than nine months from Monday. Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025
The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025 £600 million injected to extend support for poorer children during school holidays The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme is being extended for three more years
The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025 Young people ‘overdiagnosed’ with mental health conditions, Hunt says Definitions of mental ill health and neurodivergence have been expanded, leading to overwhelm in the system, according to a new report
Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025 Young people being ‘overdiagnosed’ with mental ill health – Hunt The former health secretary argued that society has ‘lost sight of the fundamental reality that child development is a messy and uneven process’.
Evening Standard · Aug 21, 2025 'Health of society' damaged by white working class pupils being left behind, warns Bridget Phillipson Education Secretary says Britain’s productivity has been suffering as a result of poor white working class children’s exam results
The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2025 GCSE students receiving results ‘undoubtedly affected by Covid disruption’ The Education Secretary said students showed “remarkable resilience” despite the disruption to their education
Evening Standard · Aug 20, 2025 GCSE cohort receiving results ‘undoubtedly affected by Covid disruption’ Many of the pupils who sat their GCSEs this summer were in Year 6 when schools closed because of the pandemic.
The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2025 GCSE results day: Grade boundaries, how to appeal, and why some students are getting results through an app Thousands of GCSE students in England will get their grades in an app - but there are other things to look out for as well
The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2025 Disadvantaged white pupils have ‘particularly poor’ education outcomes – report Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it was a ‘disgrace’ that so many white, working-class children are being written off at school.
The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2025 Disadvantaged white pupils have ‘particularly poor’ education outcomes, review says The Education Secretary said it was a “national disgrace” that so many white working-class children are being “written off”
The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2025 Parents in England skipping meals to afford school uniforms, survey finds Education secretary urges schools to change uniform requirements as costs force many parents into debt
Evening Standard · Aug 18, 2025 Quarter of parents sacrifice food or heating to afford school uniform – poll The Education Secretary has called on schools to reduce immediately the number of branded items of uniform they require ahead of a change in the law.