James Frayne: Why the Conservatives must go negative on Corbyn

In my view, they’d be mad not to make him a defining feature of their campaign. The party should be running a contrast campaign with ‘Corbyn’s Labour’.

John Bald: Labour’s threat to take schools back to the 1970s

Successful schools would have to toe the line or be subject to the attentions of local democratic controllers. They could be destroyed without shutting them down.

The Left uses far worse language about the Tories than Johnson would ever use about the Benn Act

The Prime Minister’s opponents are entirely within their rights to condemn his choice of words, but not to the useful lie that he’s breaking new ground.

Progressive Conservative reformers 1) Gove, “the most important Education Secretary since Butler”

Even Corbyn’s Labour is wary of assaulting his free school and academy legacy directly.

Ten reasons why the second referendum campaign is in disarray

The People’s Vote is bound up with New Labour and talk of a new party. This does nothing to help it among Tory MPs…and much to harm it among Labour ones.

Will Tanner: Labour’s war on free schools would be a direct attack on social mobility

Rayner’s hostility to academies runs against both the interests and preferences of parents and pupils alike.

WATCH: Rayner – “I think that if we end up with a second referendum we will have failed the public.”

Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary tacks her personal view on to a defence of Labour’s corporate position.

Damian Hinds: Labour is wrong to turn its back on academies

Putting teachers and heads in charge has consistently allowed schools and pupils to excel. We must continue to put our trust in them.

Exclusive. New Government of National Unity Cabinet in full.

We have the full list from the New Progressive Democratic Liberal National Coalition Party – including a three-way Northern Ireland jobshare.

Is the Marxist Shadow Chancellor really backing tax cuts for the rich?

The Budget has prompted further disarray in the Labour Party. But they do show a willingness to “compromise with the electorate”.

John Bald: Labour threatens to set our schools back by over a decade

The reality of local authority control of schools was not democratic, but rule by officers and party hacks.

Damian Hinds: Schools policy. Memo to Labour: going backwards isn’t progressive

Rayner’s new proposals would mean that the progress we have seen over the last eight years would be sacrificed – and it is our kids that would pay the price.

Mark Lehain: Rayner says Labour will reject Gove’s school reforms – but what would they establish in their place?

Families and teachers deserve some details on what is being proposed in place of free schools and academies.

Liz Truss: As Labour’s Conference opens, think long and hard about the damage they would wreak on jobs, wages and tax

They want to bring down the system of free enterprise, and replace it with a committee of Corbyn, McDonnell and Abbott telling us how we should live our lives.

WATCH: Rayner calls for ‘evidence-based’ stop and search

“Targeting stop-and-search rather than just going randomly around saying ‘I think you look like you might be a gang member.'”