You have got to attract the brightest and the best, but the brightest and best won't stay unless they see real career options.

If bringing up the next generation is important, why aren't they the best qualified, the best paid? Why aren't we as concerned about their career progression as we are about those who work in the education or health services?

Of course competitive wages in order to attract the best and the brightest teachers and keep them here.

In the 21st century when few of us stay in the same job all our lives, I would like to think there was flexibility so teachers could become social workers, or foster carers become teachers.

What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again.

The best and brightest don't go into politics. The best and brightest are at Goldman Sachs.