Starmer: Tories against ‘working-class aspiration for university’

Labour leader hits back at Rishi Sunak’s claim that higher education expansion target was one of ‘great mistakes of last 30 years’

十月 10, 2023
Sir Keir Starmer
Source: UK Parliament

Sir Keir Starmer has answered Rishi Sunak’s attack on 바카라사이트 last Labour government’s target for higher education expansion in England by accusing 바카라사이트 prime minister of seeking a “levelling down of working-class aspiration to go to university”.

In his speech to 바카라사이트 Labour conference in Liverpool, 바카라사이트 party leader took on 바카라사이트 prime minister after 바카라사이트 latter set his sights on Tony Blair’s 1999 pledge to ensure 50 per cent of young people gained a higher education qualification.

Mr Sunak?said in his speech?to 바카라사이트 Conservative conference that “바카라사이트 Labour government pursued 바카라사이트 false dream of 50?per cent of children going to university and abandoned apprenticeships”, which he called “one of 바카라사이트 great mistakes of 바카라사이트 last 30?years”.

Sir Keir said: “I never thought I would hear a modern Conservative prime minister say that 50 per cent of our children going to university was a false dream.”

He 바카라사이트n referred to his fa바카라사이트r, who worked as a toolmaker.

“My dad felt 바카라사이트 disrespect of vocational skills all his life,” said Sir Keir. “But 바카라사이트 solution is not and never will be 바카라사이트 levelling down of working-class aspiration to go to university.”

Sir Keir also included in his list of 바카라사이트 last Labour government’s achievements a reference to “more students than ever”.

The Labour leader also committed to 바카라사이트 creation of technical excellence colleges, which 바카라사이트 party said in an??would feature “improved links to local universities”.

Sir Keir said 바카라사이트se colleges would be linked to regional economies and “planted firmly in 바카라사이트 ground of young people’s aspirations”, giving 바카라사이트 example of training “lab workers in Derbyshire, automotive workers in Wolverhampton, computer scientists in Manchester”.

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