To give every child a fair chance to succeed, we need to give them the best possible start in life. For far too many that isn't happening.Collection: Chance
Free school meals for all children, no matter what their background, will improve the education and health of our children.Collection: Education
The Tories should treat working families with more respect.Collection: Respect
We as a nation cannot be satisfied with our children suffering health problems through no fault of their own.Collection: Health
I went to my local Sure Start centre, and they put me on a parenting course. I learned things that might seem simple - that it was important to hug and love your child, and read to them. This might seem obvious, but it wasn't to me at the time.Collection: Parenting
In a parliamentary democracy, it is the job of parliament to decide the law, not the government.Collection: Government
Mental health is a case study in Tory failure.Collection: Failure
Half of those people who experience mental health difficulties do so before the age of 14. The problems begin early - so early interventions are essential.Collection: Health
We need to focus on helping EVERY child to get a world-class education in EVERY school in this country.Collection: Education
We need a sustainable system of student finance that promotes opportunity, encourages aspiration, increases social mobility and is governed by fairness. But all the Tories can offer is unsustainable, mounting debt, punishing students for wanting an education. And discouraging thousands of young people from climbing the ladder to a better life.Collection: Education
Only Labour will provide the radical changes needed to create a free, fair and funded education system, which protects education as a right for the many, not a privilege for the few.Collection: Education
Our higher education admissions process is neither fair nor effective.Collection: Education
I cannot be clearer about this. I am not in politics, let alone Labour's shadow cabinet, to keep things as they are.Collection: Alone
People are still programmed to think that if your child doesn't get straight As, get A-levels and go to a Russell Group university, that somehow they are not going to achieve in life. I think that's sad.Collection: Sad
You never, ever give up the chance to change things, ever, no matter how hard it is. If you're elected, and have got the opportunity to make a difference, you take it.Collection: Chance
Private schools are gaming the system. There is way too much state money going in, and people who go to private schools seem to be given a head start for all of the top jobs and that's something that needs to be dealt with as well.Collection: Money
Some of the Tories say, 'She left school at 16, she doesn't have a university degree, what does she know about education?' I say, I may not have a degree - but I have a Masters in real life.Collection: Education
Mum grew up in Wythenshawe, one of 12. My mum didn't really go to school and didn't see the need for education, she got bullied so she excluded herself.Collection: Education
My mother suffers mental health problems and has a learning deprivation.Collection: Health
The way I want to try and end private schools is by making our national education service so good you wouldn't want to waste your money.Collection: Education
I think technical education and vocational skills and having a trade mean something.Collection: Education
I'm the only member of the house, who at age 16, and pregnant, was told in no uncertain terms, I'd never amount to anything.Collection: Age
I remember going round to my friends' houses and asking them to ask their mum and dad if I could stay for dinner because I wasn't going to get fed.Collection: Dad
Many parents know that hugging your children - telling them how amazing they are - is so important. Some parents, through no fault of their own, don't realise this. My mum was one of those who didn't realise, and I almost was too.Collection: Amazing
My brother and sister are smarter than me. But I'm the most successful because I've been given opportunities that they never had.
There was a council house waiting for me when I had Ryan, there was a welfare state. I never put into the system before I took out, I was on income support before I'd even paid a penny of tax.
School, for me, was not a place where you went to be educated, but a place where you got away from your parents for a couple of hours while they got some respite from you, and where you were able to see your mates.
Every one called me scruffy, a scratter, that's what they used to call me. I was known as that. Scratter was the nickname.
Politics is a lot like football. Both involve people working in a team. One week you can be top of the league, the next week, you might slip a place. But I've never for one minute wanted to give up my devotion for my team.
If you want to underestimate me because I speak like a Mancunian, like the people I grew up with, then so be it at your peril.
During the 2010 election campaign, Liberal Democrat candidates, including Swinson, signed the National Union of Students pledge to vote against tuition fees. Looking back, students were among the first to see the reality of the Liberal Democrats in government.
In the 2010 general election, the Liberal Democrats built their campaign around a pledge to abolish tuition fees. By the end of that year, however, they had tripled them instead. The Liberal Democrats had made young people feel as if they were on their side. They were not.
Maintenance grants, a proud Labour achievement which made it easier for children from lower and middle income families to go to university, have been abolished in one fell swoop. To be replaced with loans.
We can't have children growing up feeling unloved - the price is too high for that.
I wanted to prove I wasn't that person everyone wanted to stereotype me. You can slag me off, I talk about my upbringing now and try and do it in a way that inspires others, but I never felt good about it.
As a young single mum struggling to get by, I didn't get to go to university, but that level of debt would have been unimaginable.
I've met many lesbian, gay and trans activists who've told me what they face, sometimes even within the school gates: hate crime, fear of discrimination, physical and verbal abuse, domestic violence and homelessness.
We must ensure that every single child can go as far as their ability and their aspirations will take them.
I don't want to stick a sticking plaster on it, I don't want to fix children once the system's broken them, I want to give every child the opportunity before that - because the system should protect and nurture, and not damage our children.
My school, we affectionately nicknamed it Avonjail, but it was called Avondale, Avondale high school in Stockport. I left with no GCSEs above a D.
If our tax system, as a whole, is progressive, then those with the broadest shoulders will make the greatest contribution, as it should be.
If people are going to be made worse off, the government should at least let them know. I don't think that's asking too much.
The evidence shows that grammar schools overwhelmingly benefit those from more affluent backgrounds.
Our admissions system should be a vehicle for justice, but it is failing working-class students, especially those who are the first in their family to go to university.
If I hadn't had access to the vital support of my local Sure Start centre, I would never have had the help I - and my son - needed.
The British people overwhelmingly favour big businesses and the wealthiest individuals contributing their fair share so we can invest in our schools, hospitals and services.
Inherently I think the goodness in most people, we get a warm sense of satisfaction if we help someone, it makes you feel better.
If the Tories are serious about ensuring everyone has the opportunity to learn, regardless of their background, then the only thing they need to review is Labour's manifesto.
Grammar schools are about stigmatising children, not on the grounds of their ability, but on their background.
We need radical, transformative solutions to address the inequality that is blighting millions of people's lives.