Commenting on the Prime Minister’s resignation, Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, said:
“The country had seen enough of Keir Starmer's government to know that it is not going to deliver the meaningful change that was promised by Labour two years ago.
“Polling released by the NEU this weekend shows that only 5% of NEU members think that the Government have performed well on education over the last two years.
“Keir Starmer was wrong to claim credit today for ending austerity. Part of the reason why his Government is so deeply unpopular is that they have failed to fix the funding crisis in schools, which risks condemning another generation of children to bear the brunt of austerity-level school budgets.
“If we have more of the same from our next Prime Minister, we risk sleepwalking into the disaster that would be a Reform UK government. The stakes could not be higher. Whoever does replace Keir Starmer needs to set Britain on a different economic path and deliver fundamental change. That change must start with our schools and colleges.