Labour backs parent-led schools, shadow minister insists

bbc.co.uk - Labour is behind parents who want to set up schools and would not shut any existing free schools, the new shadow education secretary insists.Tristram Hunt told the Mail on Sunday he wanted to address the perception Labour was not on the side of parents.He said a Labour government would push ahead with its own version of the principle - parent-led academies.The government accuses Labour of saying it will end free schools and then promoting them under another name.