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Education Questions

Last summer’s exam results were a total shambles that could have been avoided. For exams to go ahead fairly and successfully, we need a plan NOW. Parents, pupils, teachers and school leaders are crying out for clarity and certainty. MP after MP raised this at Education Questions today. Listen to…

From free school meals to shadow schools minister – Guardian interview, November 2020

Today the Guardian published my first interview as Shadow Schools Minister. I want every pupil to be able to attend a great local school and want to see the gap closed between those from the most and least disadvantaged backgrounds. This interview explains why this matters so much to me…

Remembrance Sunday 2020

Today was a Remembrance Sunday like no other. The civic service of remembrance was filmed weeks ago and is available to view here. This morning I went along to the Ilford War Memorial to lay my wreath on behalf of Ilford North residents and found that members of the Royal…

Shadow Minister for Schools and Marcus Rashford

I’m absolutely delighted that The Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer has asked me to serve as Labour’s Shadow Minister for Schools. Education is my number one passion. It changed my life. Having grown up on a council estate and experiencing child poverty in the 1980s, I wouldn’t be where I am today without…

Paying a heavy price for government failure – Ilford Recorder, October 2020

The ongoing failure to run a proper test, track and isolate system has left our country with one of the worst excess death rates in Europe and facing one of the worst economic downturns of any of the world’s advanced economies. With rising cases, lives and livelihoods are at stake.…

COVID-19 Test Centre at Gants Hill

Finally a breakthrough! Following intensive efforts we’ve got a new permanent coronavirus testing facility opening up tomorrow in Gants Hill in the Cranbrook Road car park. I’ve raised the issue of testing relentlessly in Parliament, but Jas Athwal – Leader of Redbridge Council, Cllr Mark Santos and the Redbridge Council…

Testing In Redbridge

I am writing this with an update about Covid-19 testing in Redbridge. I was absolutely furious about the closure of the Mildmay Road testing centre to walk-in appointments and the reports I’ve received from local residents about the lack of locally available testing appointments. Redbridge has had a recent spike…

Handling of education has been a shambles – Ilford Recorder, August 2020

Families in Redbridge know the value of education. For some, myself included, it has been a route out of poverty towards a better quality of life. For others, it has been a means of building a better life for themselves and their families after emigrating to the UK. People often…

GCSE Results and visit to Oaks Park High School

I’d like to congratulate everyone collecting their GCSE results today on a job well done during a difficult year. I’d especially like to thank teachers and staff for everything they’ve done for students across our borough. I’m extremely angry and disappointed that BTEC students still don’t have their results and…

A-Level Results

I am absolutely furious about the A-Level results debacle and the impact it’s having on young people across the Borough. I’ve been out in the media demanding a Government U-turn to go back their predicted grades as a more reliable measure of students’ achievements. The current algorithm literally judges young…

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