Kier Starmer has been confronted on stage by a protester telling the Labour leader to 'reinstate his pledge for £28 billion' green prosperity plan. Starmer was setting out plans to reform the education system in a major speech. Read more here 👉
He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: ‘We do have to have very, very strong rules about what we can afford to spend and what we can’t.’
Sir Keir also declined to commit to giving teachers in England a 6.5% pay rise this year – the figure reportedly recommended by the profession’s pay review body.
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