Bridget Phillipson

Bridget Maeve Phillipson (born 19 December 1983) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Education since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she was elected as the Member of Parliament for Houghton and Sunderland South in 2010. Previously, Phillipson was Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury (2020–2021) and as Shadow Secretary of State for Education from 2021.

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Quotes

 * The deputy head teacher, Mr Hurst, who was a very fierce character, sent a message to me in class and said he wanted to see me in his office immediately. He said he'd got the list of students who'd signed up for this trip to Oxford [University] and my name wasn't on it, and he expected my name to be on it by the end of the day. The year that I went to Oxford there were six of us that went to Oxford or Cambridge from my state school, which was the best they'd ever achieved.
 * From an interview, as cited in Rachel Sylvester and Alice Thomson "Is Bridget Phillipson Labour's rising star?", The Times (28 July 2023)