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Every child has potential. Every child can succeed. No child should be left out or left behind. ”
I understand that every parent wants the best for their child because I want the best for my children too. ”
The Tories should treat working families with more respect. ”
Maintenance grants, a proud Labour achievement which made it easier for children from lower and middle income families to go to university, have been abolished in one fell swoop. To be replaced with loans. ”
Any success I have had is thanks to Labour governments that provided the council house, minimum wage, tax credits and Sure Start children's centre that enabled me to achieve it. ”
I don't want to stick a sticking plaster on it, I don't want to fix children once the system's broken them, I want to give every child the opportunity before that - because the system should protect and nurture, and not damage our children. ”
Working-class students more often lack the advice, guidance and support needed to navigate the tricky application process, whereas their wealthy peers at top public schools have admissions tutors to help their students game the system. ”
It will not be possible to solve the current crisis with euro bonds. ”
At this time - we're in a dramatic crisis - euro bonds are precisely the wrong answer. They lead us into a debt union, not a stability union. Each country has to take its own steps to reduce its debt. ”
I always used the free room that the G.D.R. allowed me... There was no shadow over my childhood. ”