
Bridget Phillipson: School absences ‘an endemic issue’
The education secretary says the government is using new technology to work with schools in tackling “persistent absence” by..
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Bridget Maeve Phillipson is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Houghton and Sunderland South since 2010.
The education secretary says the government is using new technology to work with schools in tackling “persistent absence” by..
Government ministers arrive in Downing Street for a Cabinet meeting with the prime minister on Tuesday morning. David Lammy, Ed..