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Reform school transport proposal would take children ‘back to Victorian era’, says Phillipson

Deniz Huseyin
13 November 2025
Bridget Phillipson
Bridget Phillipson
George Finch
George Finch

 

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has reacted angrily to the leader of Warwickshire Council’s request for “local flexibility” in the running of home to school transport. Reform UK’s George Finch, who in July became the UK’s youngest council leader aged 19, has written to Phillipson asking for more powers for councils to set their own rules over statutory walking distances in a bid to make savings.

In a statement to the BBC, Phillipson accused Finch of wanting...

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