Whilst they are largely in agreement concerning the need for further investment in the NHS, and especially mental healthcare, the three party’s views on education in very recent times have become largely incompatible. Under the leadership of Theresa May, the Conservatives announced plans last year to end the ban on ‘selective schooling’ that has been in place since 1998- putting an end to what has been, largely, a cross-party consensus on the nature of education policy throughout the past decade. What May is proposing is to reform currently established schools into traditional grammar schools- to the concern of many who believe this system perpetuates inequality. Contrastingly, in their latest manifesto, the Labour party are proposing the introduction
