Our community share their views on the new prime minister’s plan to put technical education on equal footing with university – from readers who say the change is decades overdue, to those who fear a return to the old grammar school divide

The changes come as the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham seeks to tackle the one million young people not in employment, education or training - or ‘Neets’

In a break with Tony Blair, the new Prime Minister will say on Tuesday that society should 'value the hard hat as much as the graduation cap'.

Schools to offer technical subjects and regional leaders to link education to local needs under new plans