There was a council house waiting for me when I had Ryan, there was a welfare state. I never put into the system before I took out, I was on income support before I’d even paid a penny of tax. Angela Rayner Read Quote
We had poverty in our house. Even on the council estate I knew I was one of the poorer kids. I used to go round my friends houses on a Sunday to get their Sunday dinner because my mum couldn’t cook either so I used to love going round my mates and say: ‘Can you ask your Mum if I can come in for Sunday dinner?’ Angela Rayner Read Quote
The way I want to try and end private schools is by making our national education service so good you wouldn’t want to waste your money. Angela Rayner Read Quote
People are still programmed to think that if your child doesn’t get straight As, get A-levels and go to a Russell Group university, that somehow they are not going to achieve in life. I think that’s sad. Angela Rayner Read Quote
Private schools are gaming the system. There is way too much state money going in, and people who go to private schools seem to be given a head start for all of the top jobs and that’s something that needs to be dealt with as well. Angela Rayner Read Quote
I believe Ofsted measures poverty. It measures deprivation. It doesn’t measure excellence. Angela Rayner Read Quote
Give children healthy food and they behave better at school, concentrate more in class and perform better in exams. Angela Rayner Read Quote
We as a nation cannot be satisfied with our children suffering health problems through no fault of their own. Angela Rayner Read Quote
