Labour has learned from the failures of “levelling up”
The Plan for Neighbourhoods will make fundamental changes to the way our country is wired.
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Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner is the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
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On free school meals, I actually agree with Michael Gove
It was the former Tory Education secretary who proposed we should end the VAT exemption for private school fees…
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Mental health difficulties start young – so why don’t we give primary schools more help?
MPs are hearing from young people forced to leave home for treatment and support.
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Vocation, Vocation, Vocation
The snobbery towards vocational courses must stop, writes Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Angela Rayner
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A government serious about social mobility would bring back maintenance grants
Low and middle-income students have lost a vital source of support.
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Wake up and smell the coffee: grammar schools don’t work
The debate has moved on, and it's time the Tories did too, says Angela Rayner.
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Theresa May promised more social mobility – then the Tories scrapped maintenance grants
For all but the Oxbridge elite, the graduate earnings premium is fast becoming a myth.
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Pensioners deserve honesty from the government
Clarity is the least that our nation's elderly deserve.
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My story is Labour’s story – and it shows how the party can change things, even in opposition
We don't have to wait for 2020 to change the world, says Angela Rayner MP.
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