Regional inequalities in our sights – Phillipson

EDUCATION Secretary Bridget Phillipson has used a speech to North East business leaders to say that changes due to be set out in the coming weeks will aim to tackle regional inequalities in school attainment.

- GRAEME WHITFIELD

Ms Phillipson was on home turf in Sunderland as she addressed a lunch of the North East Chamber of Commerce. Her speech came as she is running to be deputy leader of the Labour Party but concentrated instead on the Government's record on education and skills.

Ms Phillipson said that coming White Papers on both schools and post-16 education would aim to improve the standards of young people leaving the country’s schools. She acknowledged that more needed to be done to help businesses recruit people with the right skills for the changing world of work.