Phillipson not addressing issues facing black children in education, Abbott says

Posted: 30th October 2025

Source: Phillipson not addressing issues facing black children in education, Abbott says | The Independent

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has failed to address concerns surrounding black children’s experience of education, Diane Abbott has said.

The MP said “colour blindness” when it comes to education is “rampant”, with ministers preferring to focus on the disadvantages faced by white working-class pupils.

During a debate on Black History Month, she urged the Government to prevent millions of black and ethnic minority children “being failed”.

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