Alex Delaney is sat in what looks like an old sixth-form common room in the disused school in Kennington, London, where she works. The location is where the new chair of the British Youth Council (BYC) spends part of her time employed by Tag, an organisation that helps young people who left school early to get jobs in the health and fitness industry.
The old school has now moved to a new building, which Delaney says shows the progress made in education. "I think Labour gets a hard rap around education, and they have done a lot to tinker with the system, but it's fantastic that children who used to come here are now in a new school building," she says.
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