Tony Blair's period as Head of the Labour Government from 1997 until 2007 has been heralded as a period of increased parental power and growing choice within education. However, beneath the rhetoric, Blair's legacy has been one of consolidating and re-inforcing previous Conservative policies that stressed parental responsibilities whilst operating with a white middle-class norm. As a result, inequalities between parents have grown under Blair as working-class parents are positioned as failing, and middle-class parents monopolise educational initiatives initially set up to benefit the disadvantaged.