UK General elections: a new Labour government and a new programme to "rebuild education systems"

The 2024 UK General elections led to the demission of Rishi Sunak's government and the nomination of Labour leader Keir Starmer and a new cabinet, including Bridget Phillipson as Education Secretary and Peter Kyle as Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary, on 05/07/2024.

The Labour Party establishes "five missions to rebuild Britain", among which is "breaking down barriers to opportunity by reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain."

The elections to renew the 650 members of Parliament (MPs), held on 04/07/2024, saw the victory of the Labour Party, earning 411 seats (compared to 202 in the last election in 2019). The Conservatives gained 121 seats (365 in 2019) and therefore ended their strike of a fourteen-year tenure as the primary governing party.

According to its official programme posted on its website, the Labour Party's programme for higher education and research consists of five key points:

• "Recruit 6,500 new expert teachers in key subjects;
• 3,000 new primary school-based…