A joy to hear ⁦Frank Cottrell-Boyce⁩ at his ⁦BookTrust⁩ event speaking about the power of books as a vehicle for love and bonding between parents & children 📚

The largest ever uplift to the early years pupil premium. An investment in quality early education for the children who need it most to make sure they're school ready and give them the best start in life. That's the difference Labour governments make. That's a Plan for Change.

Looking forward to working with Margaret Hodge on her independent review of Arts Council England to ensure access to high quality arts and culture in every region commissioned by Department for Culture, Media and Sport Secretary of State Lisa Nandy MP gov.uk/government/new…

Today British Council kicked off a reading for pleasure partnership between schools in the UK & Ukraine. We were delighted to attend with our President Sir Michael Morpurgo, Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson Arts Council England 🧵

If you only listen to one thing today, listen to two of my heroes - Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Steve Chalke - talk about children’s health, wellbeing, learning and love - from about 820 on BBC Radio 4 Today.

Lisa Nandy MP - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport - takes to the stage #ArtsAndMinds

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy MP says government wants all children to have opportunities to take part in the arts. 'We want to inspire the next generation of storytellers' #TheArtsAndMindsCampaign

People across the nation are set to gain more access to culture where they live with a major funding package announced by Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy MP today. This includes financial support for arts venues, museums, libraries, and heritage gov.uk/government/new…

🎨 A National Centre for Arts and Music Education to promote excellent arts education through teacher training and partnerships 🧵(3/5)

We asked, the Government listened 📢 We're delighted that the Government has responded to calls from us, NCS and other youth organisations in announcing the development of an Enrichment Framework. This framework will support schools and colleges to give all young people a

If the government wants national renewal, they should invest in the arts and culture 🎤 Today, we're launching a petition to remind Rachel Reeves: the arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them 🌱 campaignforthearts.org/petitions/spen… 🧶👇

👀 We're #hiring! 👀 The Campaign for the Arts is looking for a new Research & Analysis Lead to help us produce robust evidence, timely insights and a more informed public debate 🗣️ Find out more → campaignforthearts.org/about/jobs/

To support the launch of BookTrust's Reading Rights report today with Frank Cottrell-Boyce, here are six neuroscience-informed tips for sharing books with young children 👇

New #ReadingRights Report from @BookTrust and Frank Cottrell-Boyce launches today! Reading together builds the apparatus of happiness and every child deserves access: with education, early years, libraries, arts and culture, and health all working together. Here's how:

Dear MPs ... this is me in your in-house magazine - just a children's writer looking at power asking it to care politicshome.com/opinion/articl…