Ministers lay out plans to reduce gap between poorest and most affluent pupils - UK politics live

The government plans to halve the attainment gap in England Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. The education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, will be speaking to the BBC and Sky News shortly and will likely be asked about government plans to halve the attainment gap between the poorest pupils in England and their more affluent peers. The schools white paper, set to be published in full tomorrow, will set a target to halve the disadvantage gap by the time children born...

By Yohannes Lowe