Reform and Labour Butt Heads On Education - Both Forgetting The Key Ingredient - CHILDREN https://t.co/OJFoNIJaQl via @YouTube

Rachel Reeves needs to go.

Still wheeling out that private schools "tax breaks" lie like some kind of desperate comfort blanket. The only thing this spite-sodden woman has achieved, is she has demonstrated dramatically why we cannot afford to let politicians have this much power over schools, ever again.

“Whiteman said recruitment targets must be met with “sustained action to invest in schools”, otherwise “it risks being akin to filling a bath without a plug as new and experienced teachers continue to leave” Where are the 6.5k new teachers that were promised? @bhatti_saqib

“Teacher wellbeing rates have dropped to a new low, with more than three quarters of staff experiencing symptoms of poor mental health due to work, a survey has found.” 🤔 @GuyEmma68700 @anthonyboutall @LauraTrottMP @vickygrayson_ @joenutt_author https://t.co/icZGIOqp1x

Politics is about choices, & the Education Secretary has chosen to axe IB funding without notice. This will limit opportunities for some of the most disadvantaged children. I visited Bexley Grammar with @louie_french, where Labour’s decision has sadly left students in the lurch.

In this post you will see a question, 'where is the VAT.' I think that is the point that ALL teachers, parents, taxpayers and most importantly, children should be asking. 'Please Miss Phillipson, where is the VAT?' Because it sure as hell isnt in our schools. Which begs the next

The absolute brass neck on @bphillipsonMP tweeting about cuts to school budgets when she barged in cutting subjects & the IB, and has provided unfunded teacher pay rises. 92% of secondary schools are being forced to make cuts. She claims this is “thriving”. Where is the VAT?

Embarrassing’: AI attendance reports suspended days after launch - “Leaders report inaccuracies in new attendance target scheme launched last week by government” Well that went well then! 🤦‍♀️ @LauraTrottMP @GuyEmma68700 @vickygrayson_ @TheScholar44 https://t.co/Almi8QCQPF

“Barnardo’s is working across East Lancashire to help children who are missing classes due to emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA).” It’s a big & complex problem for many kids. Glad this charity is offering this support. ⁦

BREAKING: Labour Councillor Michael Situ, Southwark’s Cabinet Member for Housing who decided not to take any action against Rachel Reeves, has himself been forced to resign after being caught committing the same landlord licence ‘blunder’ (via @Telegraph)

Bridget Phillipson on £170,000, says she is a working person, but a small business owner who pays himself £5000 a year from his handyman business, to top up his state pension, isn’t. “I know it’s frustrating”, how patronising - they are truly awful. https://t.co/hltEyimdx1

This is the change that happens when we get smartphones out of schools. It is not too late to fix this. The Schools Bill is going through Parliament now, & Labour have the chance to put politics aside, protect childhood & back our plans to make this law. They should do so.

Maybe people should switch to irn-bru instead of milkshakes! It’s Labour endorsed so must be better for obesity & doesn’t involve buying milk from British farmers!! 🤔🤷‍♀️

Rachel’s milkshake tax certainly won’t bring all the boys to the yard!! 🙄

‘No head should ever have to consider the impact on their attendance figures of accepting a pupil onto the school’s roll’: school leader Michael Tidd warns that the DfE’s AI-powered attendance targets will jeopardise inclusion https://t.co/6h1zyi6vYq

We must have zero tolerance to knives in schools. The boy who stabbed Harvey Willgoose previously brought an axe into school, but wasn’t excluded. Labour should support our plans to put ‘one knife & you’re out’ in law.

Philp: Rachel Reeves Should Resign Today https://t.co/puoLbKwAx7

@RupertLowe10 I agree entirely. We must also stop taxing education & support more parents to select schooling based on the needs & strengths of their own child. Our one size fits all state education system fails many children. #EducationVouchers are the answer.

Labour seem puzzled that wealth creators are packing their bags. If you tax investment like a sin and treat enterprise as a nuisance, people will simply create wealth somewhere else. Economic gravity isn’t partisan - just painfully predictable.