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Bridget Phillipson

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Bridget Phillipson

@bphillipsonMP

Secretary of State for Education. Minister for Women & Equalities. Proud Labour MP for Houghton & Sunderland South. More at @educationgovuk.

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Joined January 2009

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Bridget Phillipson
@bphillipsonMP
May 13
The Tories haven't tabled a debate on education for the King's Speech. I wonder why? Maybe they don't want to talk about all the things Labour are doing to give children growing up in our country the best start in life – so here's your reminder. 👇
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Bridget Phillipson
@bphillipsonMP
Jun 26
Despite what you've heard this week, we're delivering on our manifesto with over 4,600 teachers recruited into where we need them most – secondaries, special schools and colleges. That's alongside more teachers in training, more rejoining and more staying in our schools.
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Bridget Phillipson
@bphillipsonMP
Jun 25
I stand by my record – including putting us on course for a record reduction in child poverty – and if the Tories think that makes me a 'spiteful class warrior', it tells you everything you need to know about them.
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Department for Education
@educationgovuk
Jun 25
'This hot weather underlines the importance of making our schools fit for the future' - @bphillipsonMP
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Bridget Phillipson
@bphillipsonMP
Jun 25
The Tories left behind a mess that I've spent the last two years clearing up. In that time, they've come up with one policy: to cut state school budgets to reinstate private school tax breaks. Two years, one policy, no clue.
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Office for Equality and Opportunity
@oeogovuk
Jun 24
"The Equality Act is our quiet guardian" Minister for Women and Equalities @bphillipsonMP addressed Parliament today on how the government is making our services fairer for everyone.
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Bridget Phillipson
@bphillipsonMP
Jun 24
The constant chatter about private schools reminds me exactly why I do this job. We’re raising more money than expected, school offer days passed smoothly and we’re investing in state schools. My focus remains on the schools attended by the majority of kids in this country.
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Keir Starmer
@Keir_Starmer
Jun 24
Change promised by a Labour government. Change delivered by a Labour government.
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Bridget Phillipson
@bphillipsonMP
Jun 24
📈 3,008 more teachers in secondaries & special schools 📈1,646 more teachers in colleges 📈Trainee teachers up 13% 📈 Teacher pay up 9.5% 📈 Record investment in schools If standing up for state schools makes me a spiteful class warrior, I’ll wear it with pride. #PMQs
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Bridget Phillipson
@bphillipsonMP
Jun 24
Kemi lost her head at PMQs - and afterwards too. It's not the first time. She's compared me to a Gestapo officer. I wonder what it is about a working class woman driving record investment in state schools by ending private schools' tax breaks that the Tories hate so much.
Bridget Phillipson
@bphillipsonMP
Jun 16
The Gestapo marched hundreds of thousands of innocent people to their deaths. I've ended private schools' tax breaks to invest in state schools. No responsible leader makes vile comparisons like this. Kemi Badenoch is not fit to be Prime Minister.
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Bridget Phillipson
@bphillipsonMP
Jun 24
Commentators, columnists and opposition politicians were apocalyptic with claims that ending private schools' tax breaks would overwhelm the state sector. The data shows those predictions were wrong.
They said private school VAT would set off a school places crisis. Now we know they were wrong,...
From lbc.co.uk
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Bridget Phillipson
@bphillipsonMP
Jun 22
Keir Starmer has changed our party and our country for the better. He brought Labour back from electoral oblivion, has restored our reputation abroad, stabilised the economy and will lift half a million children out of poverty. We owe Keir a huge debt of gratitude.
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Bridget Phillipson
@bphillipsonMP
Jun 20
Green shoots of progress: for the first time in five years, more children and teenagers are enjoying reading. Go all in with the National Year of Reading. 🌱📚
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