Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson, today (28 September) announced her party's pledge to introduce breakfast clubs for every primary school in England, funded by returning the top income tax rate to 45 per cent after it was slashed to 40 per cent as part of Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng's mini budget.
Speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, Phillipson said that if it the Labour Party was elected it would rebuild the childcare system from "the end of parental leave right through to the end of primary school”, starting with the expansion of free school meals.
Experts from the education sector have cautiously welcomed the proposal, with Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Early Years Alliance, saying the plans will “make a real difference to parents with school-aged children trying to balance their careers and their childcare needs, as well as ensuring that no children start the school day hungry”.
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