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You and Yours: British Cars, Lifelong Learning, Unimpressive Discounts

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11/03/2015

British Cars, Lifelong Learning, Unimpressive Discounts

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, British Cars, Lifelong Learning, Unimpressive Discounts

UK car manufacturing is at a record high but just how British are the cars?

Is the current emphasis on apprenticeships pushing out other forms of adult education that might suit some learners better?

The government is encouraging us to work for longer, review our careers and retrain throughout our working life. Yet Colleges say that cuts to further education budgets mean they will no longer be able to provide the classes that used to help people return to the workplace and gain new skills. We talk to skills minister Nick Boles about the cuts and their consequences.

As the number of UK-built cars exported to Asia trebles in five years, You and Yours investigates just how British those cars are.

And the rise in unspectacular discounts. What's the psychology behind those "special offers" that amount to a penny off.

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