Labour would focus on early years to close education gap in England

Exclusive: The shadow education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, is considering putting more graduates into nurseries and increasing childcare budgets

More graduate teachers would be parachuted into nurseries under plans being considered by Labour to improve education for under-fours, the Guardian has learned.

There could also be more nursery places in primary school settings as the opposition works up proposals to drive up standards and formally integrate early years into the English education system.

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