The legacy of the Tories will be a country in which shocking levels of inequality have been entrenched - Rayner responds to State of the Nation report

Angela Rayner MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, commenting on the State of the Nation report by the Social Mobility Commission, said:

“The legacy of the Tories will be a country in which shocking levels of inequality have been entrenched.

“The Government’s own Social Mobility Commission has echoed Labour’s concerns about the devastating impact of children’s centres being closed and school funding being cut, and has called for Labour policies like the expansion of free childcare and increasing funding in further education.

“Labour will deal with this crisis and address deep and entrenched inequality by redistributing wealth and power so that our country works for the many, not just the few. Labour will expand free children to all 2, 3 and 4 year olds and introduce a National Education Service to deliver education and training, free at the point of use, from the cradle to the grave. Labour will act where this government refuses to.”