‘Tiger mum’ Lucy Powell on Labour’s vocational skills drive: ‘It’s about ambition for everybody’

Labour's new education secretary Lucy Powell is defending plans to expand vocational training in English schools, The Guardian reports. Critics say this dumbs down education, but Powell rejects that as a false trade-off — secondary students can pursue both academic excellence and high-quality technical skills. She's positioning herself as an ambitious 'tiger mum' for all young people, regardless of their educational path.

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