Burnham’s education plan directly contradicts Labour’s Schools Act, Tories claim – UK politics live

Per The Guardian, new British Labour prime minister Andy Burnham is unveiling an education plan that directly echoes his predecessor Keir Starmer's recent announcement. Starmer had scrapped the target of getting fifty percent of pupils to university, replacing it with a two-thirds goal that includes either university or gold-standard apprenticeships. Burnham is now announcing his own 'fundamental change to the education system,' with nearly identical messaging: technical education shaped by local leaders and employers, not Westminster. But the Tories are already attacking, claiming the plan contradicts Labour's newly-passed Schools Act and leaves critical questions unanswered—particularly whether Labour intends to replace GCSEs.

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