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In an interview with GB News yesterday, Emily Thornberry, the shadow attorney general, implied she was not bothered by the prospect of the policy leading to parents taking their children out of private schools and putting them in the state sector instead, driving class sizes up.
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Thornberry said that some state schools had vacancies and could accommodate extra pupils. But she went on:
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And if we have to, in the short term, have larger classes, we have larger classes.
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This morning Phillipson said Thornberry was wrong because she was not making allowance for the fact that a fall in the number pupils enrolling in schools meant this would not be a problem. She told Times Radio:
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I am afraid [what Thornberry said] It just wasn’t right.
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In fact, public schools across the board are seeing fewer students in classrooms due to falling birth rates, meaning fewer young people are attending school.
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So, in fact, we will soon be in a situation where schools are being consolidated and closed due to falling numbers, as we are already seeing in places like London.
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Good morning. It’s manifesto week, and this morning Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, will be publishing the Liberal Democrats’ policies for government. The Conservatives, the Green party of England and Wales and Labour are all due to follow later this week. As Jessica Elgot reports, the Liberal Democrat document will include plans to overhaul capital gains tax to raise £5bn for the NHS.
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Speaking on the Today programme this morning, Daisy Cooper, the Lib Dems’ deputy leader, said:
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Our manifesto is a manifesto to save the NHS and social care.
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We want to boost GP numbers, we want to improve cancer survival rates, we want to end the access crisis in terms of people trying to reach their NHS dentists, we want to improve waiting lists for cancer treatment and mental health as well. And we have a bold plan to do that.
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We believe that that plan is going to require an additional £9bn per year and we’re going to get that money by taxing the big banks and billionaires.
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Manifestos are all about what parties would do in government. But in the Conservative party, where the polls make it impossible for any sane Tory to believe for a moment they have any chance of staying in power after 4 July, the debate is focused on where they go in opposition, and Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, has kicked off a row by suggesting the party should work with Nigel Farage and his Reform UK. In an interview with the Times, “she said that the Tories should find a way to merge with Reform UK because ‘we shouldn’t be divided on this side of the political spectrum’,” Matt Dathan and Chris Smyth report in their story. Braverman told the paper:
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We need to, in the future, to find some way to work together because there shouldn’t be big differences between us. I would welcome Nigel into the Conservative party. There’s not much difference really between him and many of the policies that we stand for.
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We are a broad church, we should be a welcoming party and an inclusive party and if someone is supportive of the party, that’s a precondition and they want Conservatives to get elected then they should be welcomed.
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But on Radio 4’s Westminster Hour last night, Robert Buckland, the former justice secretary, said he was strongly opposed to the idea. Buckland
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Nigel Farage wants to see the destruction of the Conservative party. He has said that very often. He’s not a Conservative.
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In fact, he’s a very European-style of politician. He’s not a very British politician at all. It’s a one-man band, this Reform outfit, and he fits much more, I think, the populist mould of politicians in other countries not too far away. He’s much more of a Poujadist than a Conservative. We are a broad church, but we’re not an Amazon warehouse.
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I’ll post more on this as the day goes on. Here is what is coming up.
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Morning: Keir Starmer and Bridget Phillispon, the shadow education secretary, are on a visit in the West Midlands as Labour say they plan to create more than 100,000 new nursery places.
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10am: Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater, co-leaders of the Scottish Green party, speak at a campaign launch in Stirling.
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Morning: Rishi Sunak is on a vist in West Sussex where he is due to speak to reporters.
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11am: Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, launches his party’s manifesto at an event in London.
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12pm: Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, holds a press conference.
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Afternoon: John Swinney, the SNP leader and Scottish first minister, is on a campaign visit in Glasgow.
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8pm: The BBC broadcasts an interview with Rishi Sunak conducted by Nick Robinson.
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Bridget Phillipson says her Labour peers were wrong to say that VAT on private school fees could lead to overcrowding in state schools.
Bridget PhillipsonThe shadow education secretary this morning sharply criticised a shadow cabinet colleague who argues that Labour’s plans to impose VAT on private school fees could lead to overcrowding in state schools.
in Interview with GB News yesterday, Emily ThornberryShadow Justice Secretary John F. Kennedy suggested he was not worried that the policy would encourage parents to move their children from private to state schools, leading to larger class sizes.
Thornberry said some public schools have space and could take on additional students. But, she continued,
And if we need to increase class sizes in the short term, we will increase class sizes.
this morning Phillipson Ms Thornberry said the idea was wrong because it failed to take into account the fact that a fall in the number of pupils enrolled in schools would not be a problem. She told Times Radio:
I’m scared [what Thornberry said] That was just wrong.
In fact, public schools across the board are seeing fewer students in classrooms due to falling birth rates, meaning fewer young people are attending school.
So, in fact, we will soon be in a situation where schools are being merged and closed due to falling numbers, as we are already seeing in places like London.
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey We discuss what’s on the agenda this week in the latest Guardian Politics Weekly podcast, which you can listen to here.
Ministers ‘surprised and disappointed’ by Sunak’s D-Day blunder
Chris PhilpThe Police Minister said he was “shocked and disappointed” to learn that Chancellor Rishi Sunak had left the Normandy landings anniversary commemorations early, but insisted the Prime Minister would recover politically from the gaffe. Peter Walker I will report.
Conservative Party divided over whether to seek merger with Reform UK after election
Good morning. It’s Manifesto week. This morning the Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Ed Davey, will set out the Liberal Democrats’ policy. The Conservative Party, the Green Party in England and Wales and the Labour Party will follow later this week. Jessica Elgot The Liberal Democrat document will reportedly include plans for an overhaul of capital gains tax in a bid to raise £5 billion for the NHS.
On the Today show this morning, Daisy CooperThe Liberal Democrat deputy leader said:
Ours is a manifesto to save the NHS and social care.
We want to increase the number of GPs, improve cancer survival rates, end the access crisis for people trying to get to an NHS dentist, and improve cancer care and mental health waiting lists. And we have a bold plan to make it happen.
We believe this plan would require an extra £9 billion a year, which we would raise by taxing the big banks and billionaires.
The manifesto focuses on what the party would do if it came to power, but with opinion polls showing that no sane Conservative believes for a second that they have any chance of staying in power beyond the Fourth of July, the debate has centred on where they would go as opposition. Suella BravermanFormer Home Secretary John McClellan sparked controversy by suggesting the Conservatives should work with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. In an interview with The Times, she said the Conservatives should find a way to merge with Reform UK because “we shouldn’t be divided on this side of the political spectrum”. Matt Dathan and Chris Smith report In their stories. Braverman He told the paper:
In future we need to find ways to work together because there should not be too many differences between us. I welcome Nigel to join the Conservative Party. There really are no big differences between him and many of the policies that we support.
We are a party with a wide range of supporters and we should be a welcoming and inclusive party and if someone supports the party, that is a prerequisite, if they want the Conservatives to be elected, they should be welcomed.
Monday’s Times: “Conservative party must embrace Farage, says Braverman” #tomorrowspapertoday pic.twitter.com/ByeaXnVIZT
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But last night on Radio 4’s Westminster Hour Robert BucklandMr Buckland, a former justice secretary, said he strongly opposed the idea.
Nigel Farage wants the Conservative party to fall. He has said so many times. He is not a Conservative.
In fact, he is a very European politician. He is not a very British politician at all. The Reform Party is a one-man band and I think he fits more into the populist mould of politicians in other countries. He is more Pujadist We are more of a broad congregation than just conservatives, but we are not an Amazon warehouse.
I’ll post more about this as the days go on, here’s what’s coming up:
morning: Labour has said it plans to create more than 100,000 new childcare places, and Chancellor Keir Starmer and Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipon are visiting the West Midlands.
10 am: Scottish Green Party co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater spoke at the campaign launch in Stirling.
morning: Rishi Sunak is visiting West Sussex where he is due to speak to reporters.
11am: Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey launched the party’s manifesto at an event in London.
12pm: Reform UK Party leader Nigel Farage holds a press conference.
afternoon: SNP leader and Scottish First Minister John Swinney is in Glasgow for a campaign visit.
8pm: The BBC broadcast an interview with Rishi Sunak by Nick Robinson.
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