Quote by Lucy Powell
The Tories and the Lib Dems talk about social mobility, but, short

The Tories and the Lib Dems talk about social mobility, but, short of winning the lottery, the only way to guarantee young people from all backgrounds the opportunity to do better and to raise aspirations is through education. – Lucy Powell

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What the Lib Dems have failed to do is offer any meaningful agenda for government or for power. – Lucy Powell

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Government
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Team GBs success at the Beijing Olympics can, in part, be said to have been made in Manchester. For example, all the cycling medal winners trained at Manchesters velodrome, the National Cycling Centre. – Lucy Powell

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Success
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These are tough times and under this Tory-led government many people in Manchester are suffering and getting left behind. If elected I will use all my energy, skills, experience and knowledge to stand up for our communities and get things done for the better. – Lucy Powell

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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors. – Maya Angelou

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To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of certainty in education. – William Glasser

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Civic education and civic responsibility should be taught in elementary school. – Donna Brazile

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Money spent on carbon cuts is money we cant use for effective investments in food aid, micronutrients, HIV/AIDS prevention, health and education infrastructure, and clean water and sanitation. – Bjorn Lomborg

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