Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education, Natasha Asghar MS has criticised the Labour Government’s announcement of a “Strategic Education Workforce Plan,” calling it a belated and inadequate response to an education workforce that has faced mounting pressures over the past two decades.
Over 26 years in power, Labour has failed to address systemic issues in education, leaving teachers overworked, under-supported, and struggling to meet growing demands. Our education workforce has endured decades of neglect under Labour governance. The Welsh Conservatives have consistently called for proactive measures to tackle recruitment and retention challenges and provide meaningful support to our educators, yet Labour’s lack of foresight has left the profession in crisis.
Commenting on the announcement, Natasha Asghar MS, said:
“Labour has had 26 years to fix the problems they have created in education, yet their failure to address the recruitment and retention crisis in our schools is a glaring indictment of their incompetence.
“Under Labour’s watch staff remain overwhelmed by the growing demands of the job. Instead of addressing these issues head-on, Labour has spent years tinkering with reforms that have done little to relieve the strain on our educators.
“Labour’s neglect has turned teaching from a respected vocation into an unsustainable career for many. Their last-minute effort to craft a ‘strategic workforce plan’ is too little, too late for the thousands of teachers who have already left the profession due to lack of support.”
