Labour has begun a generational overhaul of children's social care, but we know care leavers need help right now. We're stepping in to back them with better physical and mental health support. Breaking down barriers to opportunity, for all. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Thank you to everyone working in education for all your dedication this year. We've achieved so much together already. I'm determined to work with you to achieve even more in 2026. I hope you have a well deserved, peaceful break.

This year, we gave working parents 30 hours of government-funded childcare, saving them up to £7,500. We're keeping up momentum to provide more high-quality early years education, giving children growing up in our country the best start in life. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Congratulations to Andrea Egan on winning election as UNISON General Secretary. UNISON members are the backbone of our schools, colleges, and universities; of family support & children’s social care. Thank you to Christina McAnea for her huge contribution to the labour movement.

I wanted to highlight the Department for Education’s attendance team, winners of the Prime Minister's Award for Exceptional Public Service 🏆 Working with schools and parents, the team oversaw the biggest improvement in attendance in a decade: 5 million school days gained. Massive congrats!

You’ll hear some pearl clutching from the Tories today. They should’ve invested in SEND or RAAC schools they left to crumble, instead they frittered cash away. The Tories once claimed to be the party of pragmatism. Today, that mantle belongs to Labour. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

This investment will change lives. It'll go towards bespoke, calming spaces to help children with additional needs get the support they need at a good, local school on their doorstep. Labour is building schools where every child can achieve and thrive. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

For the record: 📈 2,300 more secondary and special school teachers 📈 Trainee teachers up 11% 📈 Physics up 36% 📈 Computing up 44% 📈 Maths up 16% 📈 Attendance improving 📈 Behaviour improving Labour is getting more children in class & more teachers in front of them. #PMQs

Thanks to those coming forward, trainee teacher numbers are at a post-pandemic high. We're getting more children back in classrooms, more teachers in front of them. We promised 6,500 new teachers driving up standards in our schools. Labour is delivering. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

It is a national scandal. I’m asking Parliament to give us the powers to regulate children’s care providers properly — and impose a profit cap if needed. Part of Labour's landmark bill, the biggest piece of child protection legislation in a generation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Labour will build a Britain where no child goes hungry, where every child has opportunities, where every family has power and choices in life. So proud to present the Child Poverty Strategy to Parliament.

The Tories say that all parties want to tackle child poverty. Sadly, it's not true. Only Labour have taken action. We'll drive the largest reduction of child poverty within a single Parliament. Deeds, not words.

Scrapping the two child limit is the single most effective way of lifting the largest number of children out of poverty. But our cross-government efforts will go further to drive the biggest reduction of child poverty within a single Parliament.

Proud to unveil the Child Poverty Strategy. Child poverty is a scourge I grew up with, it is a scourge I want to end. This government will drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament. This is how we get there. www.gov.uk/government/p...

The National Behaviour Survey slipped out during a busy news period, but look at the progress that we've made — with school staff & parents — over the past year. Lots more to be done, but so happy that children are enjoying school more, they feel they belong, and they feel safe.

Last week was seismic. The decisions Labour took will lift 450,000 children out of poverty, driving the largest reduction in child poverty in a single parliament.

Latest apprenticeship stats: 🆙 Starts up 🆙 Participation up 🆙 Achievements up They haven't dropped once under Labour, because we're backing our young people to unlock opportunity and drive growth.

Labour has brought forward the biggest piece of child protection legislation in a generation, but we won't let momentum stop there. We're investing in stronger services to build stronger families, so every child gets the best start in life. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Scrapping the two-child cap is both anti-poverty & pro-learning. Children don’t come to school ready to learn if they live in poverty. Teachers can’t focus on teaching if they’re plugging gaps elsewhere. What goes on outside the school gates makes a big difference inside them.

I know some of the stories around the OBR and SEND have caused a bit of a stir. Let me clear things up 👇

Children growing up in our country deserve the best start in life – nothing less. Today’s Budget means we will deliver the largest reduction in child poverty in a single Parliament.

Labour is scrapping the two child benefit cap to deliver on our historic moral mission of tackling child poverty.

Always the way, isn't it? Graduate from top uni says other people shouldn't aspire to go to university. The Prime Minister's target – two thirds of young people getting a degree or an apprenticeship – is the right one. Only Labour backs our young people. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Thanks to Labour South East for inviting me along to speak at their fundraiser. The progress we’ve made in education – rolling out free breakfast clubs, expanding free school meals, reviving Sure Start for a new generation, renewing our curriculum – couldn’t happen without you.

Some great results in from the latest multiplication tables check, with progress being made on last year. 🚀 Labour demands high and rising standards for all children, not just a lucky few.

Thanks to Andrew Pakes and the Peterborough Labour team for inviting me along to join them on the doorstep. With more free school meals and new free breakfast clubs on the way, we'll give children growing up in Peterborough the best start in life.

Expanding free school meals is an anti-poverty, pro-learning, properly Labour policy. We're setting up children to give school everything they've got, no matter their background.

Tackling child poverty is a moral mission for this Labour government. Our expansion of free school meals will lift 100,000 children out of poverty.

Important piece from Olivia Bailey on what free breakfast clubs can do for children with SEND. Support for those children is at the heart of all we do, as we build inclusive schools where every child can achieve and thrive. schoolsweek.co.uk/weve-listene...

Thank you for the new ringtone, Times Radio.

🚨 NEW: Half a million more children to get access to Labour’s free breakfast clubs next year. We’ll target support to the areas that need it most, boosting parents’ work choices and children’s life chances. National renewal in action. www.lbc.co.uk/article/brea...

LATEST: Reform UK schools policy 💰Cut state school budgets to restore private school tax breaks ✂️ Special needs identified as area for cuts 🥶 Make 8 year olds walk 5 miles to school in Winter 👎 Children with SEND called 'naughty' Only Labour will support every child to achieve and thrive.

We're getting more children into classrooms, and more teachers in front of them. ✔️ Absence decreasing across all school types ✔️ Persistent absence decreasing across all regions ✔️ Gaps between regions narrowing That's down to the hard work of schools, families and Labour.

Last year, working with families and schools, we made the biggest attendance improvements in a decade. Now, Labour is going further — empowering every school with data, resources and a clear roadmap to get pupils back in class, achieving and thriving. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

We promised a standards revolution in our colleges and that's what we'll deliver with targeted support where it's needed most and best practice spread across settings. Labour is creating opportunity for our young people and driving growth for our country. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Honoured to join the Houghton parade on Remembrance Sunday. Today we remember all who served and sacrificed for our freedom. We will remember them.

Knocking on doors in Hetton today with the Labour team. Great to hear the pride people have in our community and the determination to keep making a difference.

Proud of the wide support the Curriculum and Assessment Review has attracted from across the educational spectrum. Labour wants to set up our children for tomorrow. The work of @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and colleagues is an essential step forward in securing standards and opportunity.

What children learn at school should equip them for the modern world. That's why Labour’s new curriculum will deliver strong foundations in reading, writing and maths — plus new skills like spotting fake news online and understanding money.

For every child across our country, this Curriculum and Assessment Review provides an invitation not just to share in our national story, but to write the next great chapter.

I want to pass on my sincere thanks to Professor Becky Francis and her expert panel. I knew from opposition that Prof Francis was the person I wanted to revitalise & renew our curriculum. She has been unflinching in her drive for high standards for all. www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

We’re updating what children learn at school so they’re ready for the modern world. That means strong foundations, plus new skills like spotting fake news online and understanding money, and access to arts and sport. Find out more. 👇

Our expert-led Curriculum and Assessment Review has concluded. Its recommendations will support this Labour government to build a system where every child can achieve and thrive. A renewed system, fit for the future. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

When young people are offered excuses rather than opportunities, they disengage. And we know what happens next. Labour will renew Britain, and the path to renewal runs through our schools. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Over to Newton Aycliffe & Spennymoor CLP last night for their fundraising dinner with @alanstricklandmp.bsky.social Proud to talk with members about the change Labour is bringing and the story we need to tell.

The Tories’ legacy in education was ceilings made from dangerous concrete being held up by steel props. Fixing it will be Labour’s. Children learning in safety, classrooms fit for purpose, every child shown that they matter. My piece for @DailyMirror ✍️ www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

The Tories left our schools to RAAC and ruin. The next generation will inherit RAAC-free schools from Labour, with rebuilds done in under a decade and all other schools cleared of RAAC by the end of this Parliament. That's national renewal. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

The Tories want you to believe that to encourage young people to take up an apprenticeship, you have to kick universities. You don’t. You can invest more and boost further education without talking down young people’s aspirations to go to university. That’s Labour’s approach.

Congratulations to Lucy Powell on her win, wishing her the very best as deputy leader. Disappointed to have lost, but proud of the campaign we ran. Thanks to everyone who backed me along the way, it's been a privilege to meet so many of you and I'm so grateful for your support.

Best Start is more than the adverts you'll see on TV, it's physical hubs in all of our communities – thanks to Labour. From Derbyshire to Darlington, Staffordshire to Swindon, Labour is building back the family services the Tories devastated. www.beststartinlife.gov.uk