Bridget Phillipson MP

Labour is building back the crucial family services that were decimated by the Tories.

That's because we believe every child growing up in our country deserves the best start in life, regardless of their background.

Shameful.

Reform UK's new chair said children with SEND are 'naughty', a result of 'bad parenting'.

Only Labour will build a system where every child can achieve and thrive.

Children with SEND will always have a legal right to support. Labour will not just protect but improve that support.

But I'll take no lessons from the Tories, who left behind a 'lose, lose, lose' system in their own words.

I don't know how they have the brass neck.

Labour has turned the tide on teacher recruitment and retention.

We've driven up school attendance.

We're saving parents money with free breakfast clubs and cheaper uniform costs.

The Tories have one policy: cut state school budgets to restore private school tax breaks.

'It's about how we make sure that our young people are really well equipped for the world to come.'

Our new RSHE guidance tackles online misogyny and unhealthy relationships with age-appropriate lessons on consent, positive role models and digital safety.

As the school year draws to a close, I want to say thank you to all of our incredible teachers, support staff, teaching assistants and school leaders.

Your dedication to breaking the link between background and success for every child is at the heart of our Plan for Change.

Labour is transforming opportunities for children in care.

We’re taking decisive action to tackle illegal and exploitative children’s homes.

High-quality provision to support children with complex needs is key to that — so we’re investing to deliver it.
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Only Labour backs families to thrive.

We’re delivering our Plan for Change.

One-stop family hubs to be opened in all English council areas Government announces £500m project to provide single-point of access for health, education and wellbeing services

Children growing up in our country deserve the best start in life.

Building on the legacy of Sure Start, we’re opening Best Start Family Hubs in every local authority.

That’s the difference Labour makes.
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Bridget Phillipson, Education Secretary, meeting representatives from the Disabled Children’s Partnership.

The first objective of any reform to the SEND system is to improve outcomes for children who have been let down for far too long. We're listening and we're acting.

We will build a support-first system where every child can achieve and thrive.

It’s #ThankATeacherDay, an opportunity to recognise all our teachers do to give children growing up in our country the best start in life.

Through our Plan for Change, we’re getting more teachers into our classrooms. Every lesson shapes a life, so go to getintoteaching.education.gov.uk.

Bridget Phillipson:'I know what it is to grow up on free school meals' Exclusive: Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson writes on the government's expansion of free school meals provision.

I grew up on free school meals, I know the difference they can make.

So I’m deeply proud that our Labour Government is taking this decisive step to turn the tide on child poverty — it is our moral mission.

Me for @labourlist.bsky.social ✍️
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🚨 NEW: Labour is lifting 100,000 children out of poverty by expanding access to free school meals.

Alongside free breakfast clubs, cheaper uniform costs and government-funded childcare, Labour is putting money in parents’ pockets and giving children the best start in life.

A news article in the i titled £1.2bn to help repair crumbling hospital sites and school buildings.

Never could a divide be clearer.

The Tories left our school estate to RAAC and ruin, children paid the price.

Labour is fixing our crumbling schools because children growing up in our country deserve the best start in life. Our Plan for Change will deliver it.

Photograph shows the Secretary of State for Education, Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP, with Anna Bird, Katie Ghose, and Jane Harris, from the Disabled Children’s Partnership, Westminster, May 2025.

We know good practice that properly supports children with SEND exists, but for far too many families that’s not their experience.

We must spread the best practice and build excellence for every child, everywhere.

A better system is possible. Great to speak with @dcpcampaign.bsky.social

Teachers are getting a 4% pay rise.

We’re seeing green shoots on teacher recruitment and retention, turning the tide on year-on-year decreases.

Now, we must go further and faster to deliver excellence, everywhere for every child – together.

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Bridget Phillipson, Education Secretary, with her old A Level French teacher, Mr Harte, at the Education World Forum.

On the day Labour secured a new agreement with our European partners that will deliver more jobs, cheaper bills and secure borders, I was delighted to bump into my old French teacher, Mr Harte, at the Education World Forum.

Britain is back on the world stage.

A letter from Bridget Phillipson to Reform UK council leaders.

A letter from Bridget Phillipson to Reform UK council leaders.

Recognising children's needs is not 'creating a class of victims'. It's not down to 'naughty children' or 'bad parenting'.

Reform council leaders must distance themselves from these shameful comments and protect children with SEND from their ideological cuts.

My letter ✍️

Children to be taught to show some ‘grit’ Pupils need more robust mental health, say ministers in drive to tackle worklessness crisis

We’re tackling poor mental health, poor attendance and poor behaviour.

This year, Mental Health Support Teams will be available to another 900,000 children in schools across our country.

We’re delivering on our Plan for Change.

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Photograph shows Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP, Secretary of State for Education, speaking at the Progressive Britain conference, central London, May 2025.

Proud to speak today at the Progressive Britain Conference, setting out the ambition we have and the challenge we face.

Only Labour has the ideas today to shape tomorrow together. #PBC25

Photograph showing local MP Bridget Phillipson at Barnwell Academy in Houghton-le-Spring, listening to children benefitting from one of the first free breakfast clubs delivered by the Labour Government, May 2025.

An exciting morning at Barnwell Academy in Houghton, seeing one of Labour’s free breakfast clubs in action!

It was great to hear from staff about the difference our breakfast clubs will make to children’s life chances.

With Labour, every child will have the best start in life.

Action to help parents clobbered with £442 uniform costs Exclusive: Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson will cap the number of branded items a school can require

Children should be able to go to school looking smart without it costing the earth.

We’re capping the number of branded uniform items and giving parents the freedom to shop where they choose.

Our Plan for Change is putting money in parents’ pockets.

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Through our Plan for Change, we'll get tens of thousands more children – a record share – hitting key development targets so they're school-ready.

It's ambitious, rightly. Children growing up in our country deserve the best start.

Huge schools change this week saves parents £450- 'the Tories would never do it' Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson told the Mirror the Tories' only idea is giving private schools their tax breaks back - on the eve of free breakfast clubs opening at schools across England

This week, we’ll make free breakfast clubs available for hundreds of thousands of children and begin to put up to £450 a year back into their parents’ pockets.

That’s the difference a Labour government makes. That’s our Plan for Change in action.

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'Private schools cried wolf' over VAT fees, education secretary says The education secretary hints that university tuition fees may have to rise

I won’t let the forces of conservatism – left or right – get in the way of our Plan for Change, because children growing up in our country deserve nothing less but the best start in life.

My interview with @theipaper.com 🗣️

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Photograph showing Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP, Secretary of State for Education, with Jacob Collier MP, Member of Parliament for Burton & Uttoxeter, and John Beaty, Principal, outside Burton & South Derbyshire College with an innovative hydrogen-powered car. Burton, April 2025.

Photograph showing Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP, Secretary of State for Education, with Jacob Collier MP, Member of Parliament for Burton & Uttoxeter, and John Beaty, Principal, alongside staff and students of Burton & South Derbyshire College. Burton, April 2025.

Photograph showing Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP, Secretary of State for Education, with students and staff in the automotive training facilities at Burton & South Derbyshire College. Burton, April 2025.

Photograph showing Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP, Secretary of State for Education, with Jacob Collier MP, Member of Parliament for Burton & Uttoxeter, and John Beaty, Principal, in the automotive training facilities at Burton & South Derbyshire College. Burton, April 2025.

Up to Burton first thing this morning with @jacobcolliermp.bsky.social to see how young people at Burton College are learning the skills of the future — and got a drive in a hydrogen-powered car!

Labour’s Plan for Change means backing our colleges and young people to succeed.

Photograph shows Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP with Andrew Pakes MP and Anna Smith, Labour’s candidate for the Mayoralty of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. Peterborough, March 2025.

It’s a real pleasure meeting great Labour women who are stepping up to stand for change this May.

@anna4labour.bsky.social is a former teacher and a fantastic choice as Labour’s candidate for Mayor of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough.

Too many children face too many barriers to learning.

If children aren’t in school, aren’t in the classroom, then they can’t learn.

Labour is gripping the problem and driving attendance up.
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