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28 September 2011

Labour conference lookahead | 28 September

The who, when and where of the Labour conference.

By James Maxwell

Look out for

Andy Burnham, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, will give a speech admitting that the party should have done more in government for the 50 per cent of young people who do not go to university. He will tell delegates that university is not the be all and end all of higher education and that those who want to take an apprenticeship or go into straight into work from school should be given greater support by the state.

He will also make the case for the introduction of a “Modern Baccalaureate” as a replacement for the the Coalition’s “English Baccalaureate”, which he will describe as part of “Gove’s narrow, backward-looking vision”. Finally, Burnham will attack the government for stripping funds from programmes established under Labour to help “the most needy”.

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is to announce the establishment of a Labour review into policing in England and Wales led by Lord Stevens amid what she will describe as the “chaos and confusion” of police reform under the Coalition. She will say the aim of the review is to “build on the best of British and international policing. Including experts from here and abroad” and that Labour wants to “[work] with the police not [try] to undermine them”. Like Burnham, she will also go on the offensive against the government by accusing it of being “weak on crime”and claiming that Labour is “the party of law and order”.

Signs of trouble?

Following his high-risk and potentially divisive speech yesterday, Ed Miliband could be facing some awkward questions about the direction of his leadership at the leader’s Q&A. The Blairites seems particularly disgruntled about his references to “predatory capitalism” and may take the opportunity to remind Miliband of their mantra that elections are “won and lost on the centre-ground”.

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Conference timetable

Morning – 9.30am: Conference opens

Panel discussion of “Crime, Justice, Citizenship and Equalities” with Sadiq Khan, shadow justice secretary, Yvette Cooper, shadow home secretary, and Tessa Jowell, shadow secretary of state for the Cabinet Office.

12.15pm – Break

Afternoon – 2.15pm: Conference reconvenes

Health — addresses from John Healey, shadow secretary of state for health Education, and Andy Burnham, shadow secretary of state for education.

5.15pm: Q&A with Ed Miliband, Leader of the Labour Party

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