Blackpool MP's blast over new student board members

Labour’s Gordon Marsden said the important colleges sector will be left out by the decision not to appoint a further education representative to the board of the new Office for Students.

The 15-strong board includes the director of the New Schools Network, Toby Young, who has come under fire this week for his controversial tweets.

Mr Marsden, shadow skills minster as well as the representative for Blackpool South, said the choices were “A huge missed opportunity” since one in ten students study higher education in a college environment.