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Education secretary says she'll turn Tory leader's insult into a T-shirt

BBC Politics · Jun 25, 2026, 9:55 AM

Key takeaways

  • PA Media Image caption, Phillipson is in a war of words with the Tory leader over her schools policies
  • Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has told the BBC she will be turning Kemi Badenoch's attack on her at Prime Minister's Questions into a T-shirt.
  • The Conservative leader called Phillipson a "spiteful class warrior" for taxing private school fees to pay for more teachers in state schools "but the number of teachers has gone down".

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PA Media Image caption, Phillipson is in a war of words with the Tory leader over her schools policies

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has told the BBC she will be turning Kemi Badenoch's attack on her at Prime Minister's Questions into a T-shirt.

The Conservative leader called Phillipson a "spiteful class warrior" for taxing private school fees to pay for more teachers in state schools "but the number of teachers has gone down".

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