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Moira Wallace

Moira Wallace is a former civil servant, having been permanent secretary of the Department of Energy & Climate Change and director of New Labour’s social exclusion unit

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Starmer should look to last Labour government to fix school absence
Under Tony Blair, absence rates in English schools fell. The current government would do well to emulate this preventative approach, says Moira Wallace
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30 April 2025
Starmer should look to last Labour government to fix school absence