Shadow schools minister Catherine McKinnell was on LBC this morning to talk about Labour’s childcare plans and breakfast clubs. Which included not being able to name how many breakfasts Labour would have to order…

Despite saying she didn’t “agree” with Emily Thornberry admitting that class sizes could rise as a result of Labour pushing kids out of the private sector with VAT, McKinnel also couldn’t even say how many children are currently privately educated (600,000). She waved away concerns about overcrowding: “So, yes, currently there is a falling birth rate. We currently have 600,000 places free in the state sector.” That ignores the inconvenient fact that 18% of schools are oversubscribed and 11% have unfilled places. Across England 23% of secondary schools are over-capacity. Answer: larger class sizes…