SHADOW education minister Lucy Powell accused the Conservative government of doing nothing to address teachers’ real issues, launching a “top-down” academisation programme instead.

Speaking on Sunday night at NASUWT’s annual conference, Ms Powell attacked her opposite number Nicky Morgan for doing little to address the key issues affecting the British education system.

Her words came after a weekend in which Ms Morgan slammed teachers for not co-operating with the government, for supposedly “doing down” the profession by talking about the schools crisis and even for having “ridiculous” marking rules.