Andy Burnham appoints Bridget Phillipson as Labour party chair

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Bridget Phillipson has been appointed Labour party chair, putting her at the vanguard of Labour’s battle to win the next general election. The former education secretary and architect of a landmark overhaul in special educational needs and disabilities (Send) provision in England will follow in the footsteps of other Labour big beasts who have held the position, including Harriet Harman, Angela Rayner and Tom Watson. Phillipson, who was sacked as education secretary by Andy Burnham last week, replaces Anna Turley after last week’s government reshuffle, which saw the Labour Co-op MP for Redcar moved to a new ministerial role in the Home Office. The prime minister said the MP for…

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