Articles - Bridget Phillipson

Bridget Phillipson MP: Labour’s vision for Sunderland is for a revitalised and safe city for everyone

This article was originally published in the Sunderland Echo. To view the original click here. Labour has a vision for Sunderland. A vision of a revitalised city where everyone feels safe to walk the streets. A straightforward vision for policing and criminal justice. Labour is taking significant steps to see the…

Bridget Phillipson MP: It’s time to end snobbery around skills and not waste the talents available

This article was originally published in the Sunderland Echo. To view the original click here. Our country’s greatest asset is its people. However, the talents of too many are being wasted because of spiralling economic inactivity. Millions of people are being denied all of the benefits of good work. We’ve…

Bridget Phillipson MP: People deserve to feel safer on our streets – Labour is making it happen

This article was originally published in the Sunderland Echo. To view the original click here. Feeling safe where you live is not an outlandish expectation, but one of the basics of a safe, secure, law-abiding society. Yet, too many in our community don’t. I often hear from you about crime in…

Bridget Phillipson MP: My mission is to break down the barriers to opportunity for every child

This article was originally published in the Sunderland Echo. To view the original click here. At the recent Budget, the Labour government took tough decisions to fix the foundations and deliver change. By taking these decisions, we’ll be able to make crucial investments in our public services. I am proud of…

Bridget Phillipson MP: Quality of teaching can make the single biggest difference to children’s life chances

This article was originally published in the Sunderland Echo. To view the original click here. During Parliament’s break, I had a chance to reflect on the six months or so since my re-election as your MP and what I’d like to see from this Labour government to make a difference…

Bridget Phillipson MP: Remembering those who have served

Remembrance is the moment we come together as a nation to honour those who have served and those who made the ultimate sacrifice to defend our freedoms, and protect our way of life.This morning, I was honoured to attend the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph. Together we remember…

Bridget Phillipson MP: Anti-Semitism in our schools and universities will not be tolerated

This Article was originally published in The Telegraph. Click here to read the original. Today marks a year since the horrific Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel. The dreadful events of 7 October last year may have unfolded more than 2,000 miles from our shores, but their dark impact was felt…

Bridget Phillipson MP: ‘I will help working class pupils defy the odds to succeed – just as I did’

This article was originally published in The Guardian. To read the original click here. The new education secretary talks about her background, the ‘incredible state school’ she went to, and her plans to transform the system. Bridget Phillipson is standing up to welcome us into her large, very smart new…

Bridget Phillipson MP: For me, Ms Haq was the teacher you never forget. But today’s Ms Haqs are quitting

This article was originally published in The Guardian. To read the original click here. Education is key to children’s life chances – that’s why Labour will end the Tory chaos that is driving teachers out of the profession. Picture the scene: a crumbling school in the north-east, ceilings held up…

Bridget Phillipson MP: Labour’s Bridget Phillipson vows to get London schoolkids happier and back in class

This article was originally published in The Standard. To read the original click here. In an interview with the Standard, shadow education secretary says she is gunning for the ‘one job in government’ that really changes children’s lives but admits to funding pressures. Cracking down on truancy, addressing children’s mental…

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