The Labour Party in Blackpool: Decisions of the day
The conference yesterday:
Opposed the reintroduction of selection in education and school 'opt outs';
Called for the suspension of testing of 7- and 11-year-olds and the production of 'crude league tables' of performance;
Rejected the secularisation of all state education and ending the charitable status of private education;
Reaffirmed its commitment to the unification of Ireland.
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