Yesterday Labour called on the Government to come clean over England’s crumbling school buildings.  They refused.

I spoke about Highgate Wood School, and the financial illiteracy of throwing money at patching up instead of supporting schools with a longer-term approach.

It will be up to the next Labour government to make our school estate one to be proud of again.

For some time now, Labour has been raising our concerns in Parliament about the state of so many school buildings, including buildings at the end of their life span, asbestos on school estates, and pushing the Government to release information about the scale of the problem and the safety implications.  I’m in close contact with local schools in Hornsey & Wood Green about these issues and have written to the Education Secretary to raise my concerns and call for support for schools affected.