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Demonstrators interrupt Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer as he speaks during at the launch of the party's fifth and final mission on breaking down the barriers to opportunity at every stage, for every child, at Mid Kent College in Gillingham in Kent. Picture date: Thursday July 6, 2023.
PROTESTERS gatecrashed Sir Keir Starmer’s mission speech on education earlier today to criticise his U-turning on green policy.
Two young activists unfurled a banner and heckled the Labour leader for watering down his previous commitment to spend £28 billion on a green prosperity plan.
One asked him: “Which side is the Labour Party on?” to which he replied: “We are on the side of economic growth.”
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
In the second part of a two-part article, CONOR BOLLINS asks why the government’s ambition when it comes to the military is not applied to sectors where it could do real good
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK