The Education Secretary has pledged an extra £547million to keep families together and stop kids being put into care, saying: "Every child deserves to grow up in a safe home and a loving family."

Bridget Phillipson has told how she is haunted by her time working with women and children fleeing domestic violence and vowed to tackle the problem.

The Education Secretary , 41, revealed she worked in a women's refuge after finishing her Modern History degree at Oxford University . Now, after the Gateshead-born Labour MP unveiled plans to pledge an extra £547million to keep families together and stop kids being put into care, she said: "Every child deserves to grow up in a safe home and a loving family."

Writing exclusively for the Mirror , she said: "Growing up on a tough street in

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