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Britain's strictest headteacher vs Bridget Phillipson

Katharine Birbalsingh, who has become known as Britain’s strictest headteacher, has accused Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson of being a “Marxist” who “hates academies”.


The head of Michaela Community School in Wembley, she wrote an open letter to Phillipson after they met this week to discuss Labour’s plans to reform the academy system. And it clearly didn’t go well.


Kamal and Camilla speak to a clearly angry Ms Birbalsingh about what happened at the meeting, why the government wants to centralise control of education and why standards will be ‘hit badly’ under Labour’s planned reforms.


Plus, the Bank of England has cut interest rates from 4.75 to 4.5% - Kamal explains why this is good for our mortgages, but bad for Rachel Reeves...


Vote here in our poll on whether Kemi Badenoch is doing a good job at Conservative leader


Producer: Lilian Fawcett

Senior Producer: John Cadigan

Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey

Executive Producer: Louisa Wells

Social Media Producer: Ji-Min Lee

Video Editor: Andy Mackenzie

Studio Operator: Meghan Searle

Editor: Camilla Tominey

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