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- Andy Burnham named Bridget Phillipson Labour Party chair to drive culture change and modernise campaigning.
- Phillipson stays women and equalities minister, the first cabinet-level tenure after leaving education secretary.
- Leader Kemi Badenoch called her a “spiteful class warrior” over Labour’s 20% VAT on private school fees from 2025.
- Phillipson said she will wear the insult on a T-shirt, saying the VAT would lift half a million children out of poverty.
