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Politics UK is the weekly programme that covers British political and policy issues, economic and cultural change and Britain’s standing in Europe and the rest of the world in a way that is relevant to an international audience.  
It's the flagship programme for UK political analysis and debate on the BBC World Service.  
Leading politicians, commentators and intellectuals take part each week to discuss and reflect on the main events shaping British politics.

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Politics UK Archive: 26/11/10 Education white paper | Labour's policy review 

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26/11/2010

26/11/10 Education white paper | Labour's policy review 

BBC World Service - Politics UK Archive, 26/11/10 Education white paper | Labour's policy review

A weekly look inside British politics from the BBC with Dennis Sewell

Education, education was Tony Blair's mantra, but found the task of reforming England's schools harder than he thought. Is England's schools system still broken? One teacher thinks it is. But will Conservative plans to put things right be defeated by the "Blob"? And how a blank sheet of paper could make all the difference to putting Labour back on the political map.  Presented by Dennis Sewell.

As thousands of students gathered in Westminster to hold their second protest over the increase in University tuition fees, Education Secretary Michael Gove was outlining his plan for the next stage of the Coalition Government’s overhaul of England’s education system. So will the plans work? We speak to Katherine Birbalsingh, former deputy head of a South London school, who in a speech to the Conservative Party Conference declared that the school system was “broken”, and to two politicians, Labour MP Nicholas Dakin, a former head teacher of a sixth-form college, and Conservative MP Conor Burns. 

The new Labour Leader Ed Miliband announced a thorough policy review  for his party, which he said would start with a blank page. The suggestion was ridiculed by the Prime Minister, David Cameron in the Commons.  So how do political parties go about rebuilding their support after defeat? We discussed this with MP George Eustice, who was David Cameron’s press secretary when in opposition, and Will Straw, editor of the Labour supporting website ‘Left Foot Forward’, discuss this with us.

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