The education secretary is right that her job is not to ‘polish the status quo’. Next, she must decide what to change first There is a good case to be made for the increased importance of speaking skills in our new age of machines. With the UK economy’s stronger-than-expected recent performance...

Source: [Guardian Politics](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/18/the-guardian-view-on-schools-the-hardest-questions-for-lucy-powell-are-about-priorities)

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