Labour education mission is "their single most important policy” | Andrew Marr | New Statesman

Andrew Marr discusses the three pillars of Labour’s education mission, what it means for Labour’s development, and Britain at large.

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Nearly three in five poll voters agree that “nothing in Britain works anymore” and a fifth believe “politics is completely unable to resolve any of Britain’s big problems”.

With a “palpable lack of hope in British politics” ahead of the election, can the launch of Labour’s education mission produce the hope this country needs?

Andrew Marr, political editor for the New Statesman, discusses the three pillars of Labour’s education mission: early years education, a richer curriculum, and a new deal for teachers.

He argues that “oracy” (encouraging kids to speak confidently and fluently in public) is a “really important engine of social mobility”.

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Andrew Marr is Political Editor for the New Statesman, and is one of the UK's most senior political journalists. He spent over 20 years at the BBC where he was Political Editor and hosted the wildly successful Andrew Marr show. He is now based in Westminster where he brings his deep experience of political reporting to his analysis of the most important events in UK politics. He also hosts Tonight with Andrew Marr on LBC Radio.

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