A minister at the Department for Education has an hour after Starmer’s conference speech complained that she has “no idea” when the government is meant to implement the pledge to get two-thirds of children to university OR ‘gold-standard’ apprenticeships. Scrapping a now-irrelevant Blairite target that no one had any idea was still in place..
Education minister Georgia Gould was asked at a Labour Conference event after Starmer’s speech whether there was a date for the policy. She responded: “I have no idea. I know as much as you do.” Good to see DFE was kept appropriately in the dark…
Gould also declined to specify if it was a pledge or an ambition. She did add that Starmer’s close ally Jacqui Smith is a minister in both DFE and DWP so would be able to co-ordinate the execution of the pledge. See how that goes…
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