Sunderland Echo column - Bridget Phillipson

Sunderland Echo column

Sunderland Echo: The Government’s poverty of ambition has been failing our children for thirteen long years

The Government’s refusal to come clean on England’s crumbling school buildings is putting lives at risk It’s been over a year since leaked Government documents revealed that “many school buildings in England are now in such disrepair they are a risk to life”. And yet the Government has still not…

Sunderland Echo: The cost of living crisis was created in Number 10 but is being paid for by ordinary people

Thirteen years of Conservative mismanagement has left our public services in disarray. The NHS is without the doctors and nurses it needs. Hospitals are crumbling. People are finding it impossible to get a GP appointment or an operation when they need one: in February 2023, 3,227 people in Sunderland waited…

Sunderland Echo: Keir Starmer has set out five missions for a better Britain to drive the ambitions of the next Labour government

Keir Starmer has set out his five missions for a better Britain, which will drive forward the ambitions of the next Labour government and a stronger future for Britain. As Shadow Education Secretary, I’m proud to be responsible for Labour’s mission to break down the barriers to opportunity at every…

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