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Olivia Bailey MP

Olivia Bailey MP

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Olivia Bailey is the Labour MP for Reading West and Mid Berkshire and Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee

It is time to end the culture of silence

1 min Home affairs

It is time to end the culture of silence

We cannot end the culture of abuse until we end the culture of silence that protects it.

We know the early years are key, so we’re renewing the ambition of Sure Start for the next generation

26 Jan Education

We know the early years are key, so we’re renewing the ambition of Sure Start for the next generation

“If I were a real socialist,” said former Labour education secretary Charles Clarke in 2004, “I wouldn’t spend a penny on higher education – I’d spend it all on nursery education.”