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Angela Rayner
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Apprenticeship levy: Labour, too, has work to do
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner says it is time the Labour party looked long and hard at its use of the levy
10 February 2020
Rayner: ‘Tories must address damage done by cuts’
The Labour shadow education secretary argues that Conservative policies have made it harder than ever for disadvantaged children to succeed in school
4 February 2020
Angela Rayner: Colleges’ funding ‘nowhere near what they need’
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner says colleges are central to our education system and communities
17 May 2019
Angela Rayner: ‘Is education in crisis? The answer is undoubtedly yes’
Time and time again the Conservatives have broken their manifesto pledges on schools – and it is our children who have paid the price for their failure, writes Labour’s shadow education secretary
21 April 2017
Angela Rayner: ‘The government knows why there is a teacher retention crisis so it can’t plead ignorance - it must admit incompetence’
The current situation is unacceptable in the 21st century. Our schools need funding properly, with the high quality teachers that our children deserve, writes the shadow education secretary
21 February 2017
Angela Rayner: ‘Progress 8 is an improvement but it fails to take into account socio-economic differences’
Tinkering with accountability measures is fine, writes the shadow education secretary, but the government should be concentrating on ending funding cuts, reducing class sizes and halting the brain drain out of the profession
19 January 2017