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Hello and welcome to the Daily Politics.

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A frenzy of policy announcements from Labour - from zero hours

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contracts to the minimum wage - but have any of them had any impact

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House prices are up 8% over the past year.

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David Cameron says he's alert to the dangers of a house price bubble.

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So is it time to put the brakes on the Government's Help to Buy scheme?

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And would you have a pint with any of these politicians?

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one part of the election campaign and asking, do we actually vote on

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local issues. We'll discuss why MPs are so keen

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to be seen down the local boozer. All that in the next hour

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and with us for the whole programme today is Baroness Sally Morgan,

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who's chair of Let's start with the ongoing saga

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of the personal emails sent by the Premier League Chief Executive,

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Richard Scudamore, which contained Yesterday Radio 5 Live's John

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Pienaar asked the Prime Minister how he would have reacted if it

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had been one of his ministers. You have come down hard on questions

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of races, you sacked one senior member of your team. When it comes

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to survive for long having admitted that sort of thing? -- when it comes

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to sexism. No, I don't think they would not. I have to be careful with

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what I say because I haven't seen these Pacific e-mails. In politics

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it would not be tolerated. Absolutely, we have to set high

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standards in politics. Is he right that it wouldn't have been tolerated

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in politics? I hope so. I was pleased he said that. It is a pretty

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significant issue. You can dismiss e-mails and say that it was private

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banter, but it is kind of a window into what people's views are. I

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think when somebody a leadership position, he says he says he is

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trying to get more women involved in sport, it is a pretty significant

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occurrence. If I was sitting on the board, I would be looking seriously

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about whether or not he should continue. You would sack him?

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Bluntly, I would. Should there be a line between the personal and the

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public? You say people in a leadership position, anything they

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write to a friend, a mate, however private, is still public property.

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There are obviously grey areas. You can't be crawling through people's

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e-mails. But this has been exposed by somebody who is working with him.

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It seems to me that is quite significant. I suppose I also

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think, if this was racism or potentially racist, I don't think

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anybody would be standing by. I think if we are serious about really

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promoting women, in all aspects of society, whether it is sport,

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business politics, we have got to take a consistent stance. You think

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it should be consistent across all aspects of public life, not just

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politics being held to a higher standard? I think politics reflect

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society and it should do. It is also about people's integrity. If you are

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leading any sort of organisation, including a business, if on the one

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hand you say you are keen on promoting women, supporting women to

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get on further, and in another bit of your life you are expressing

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views that don't do that at all, think that is a problem. If those

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things were set down the pub, the same thing would not have happened.

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It is because it is written down. If there had been banter in someone's

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home, would it have at the same impact? I don't think so but I would

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be disturbed if we had somebody in a leading position his audit would be

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OK to use that banter. It reflects something about the way he views

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women. Lets leave it there. This morning Ed Miliband appeared

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on TV and revealed he spends ?70 to Was it tea, groceries,

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travel or mobile phone charges? At the end of the show Sally

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will give us the correct answer. As we all know, the country's

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gearing up for the local and Euro But Ed Miliband doesn't seem to have

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got that memo - he's been unveiling policies more suited to

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a general election campaign. Here's what

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the Labour Party policy factory has First off the production line,

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its plans to give those on Then, the star product at the Labour

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local election campaign launch targeted "generation rent",

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with calls to to cap rent increases, abolish letting fees

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and introduce longer tenancies. Next off the conveyor belt was

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speedier access for GP appointments ?100 million

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of savings would be made elsewhere The most recent offering to be

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packaged for distribution was a plan to set

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a statutory minimum wage target. However, this one's not yet quite

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made its way off the factory floor - with an exact figure to be announced

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nearer the general election. It seems the smoke will continue

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to pour from the Labour policy but can Ed Miliband hit

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on the golden ticket that will get voters queuing up

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at the polling booths in 2015? Here's what Ed Miliband

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had to say this morning. When I go around the country, people

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don't say the cost of living crisis is over. People have said I will on

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zero hours on that, -- I am on a zero hour contract and I am

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struggling. People in Crawley said to me, we can't afford to buy a

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house. We are struggling with the rent and can't afford to buy a

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house. There is a deep problem about the way the country is run. It feels

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to so many people like the system is rigged against them, it is run for a

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few people at the top, not for them. That is a question that goes beyond

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this election, beyond even apolitical party or a political

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leader, it is much bigger. It is a profound question about how we run

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our country and I am determined we tackle it.

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With us now is Labour's Stephen Timms - the Shadow Employment

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Minister - and the Conservative Business Minister Matt Hancock.

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Labour haven't made the impact you would have hoped for in terms of

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headlines and coverage. They are just not gathering attention ahead

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of local and European elections. I think they will. We have been

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setting up the concerns, people know there is a recovery underway but

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they are not feeling better off as a result -- setting out the concerns.

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To enable people to benefit, we need some major changes and those are the

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ones we have been setting out, being with the fact that few bills are

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going up so fast, -- dealing with the fact that fuel bills. Raising

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the minimum wage. All of those things can ensure the recovery

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benefits not just a few at the top, but everybody. If there is such a

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crisis, as Labour keeps saying, in the cost of living and people are

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not feeling the recovery, you would have thought these policies would

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have caught on, and they haven't. Not in the way that your proposed

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intervention in the energy market definitely did. That captured the

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zeitgeist, these have not. I think we are still benefiting from that

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and we are setting up a range of policies that build on that, which

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will deal with the question, how can we make sure everyone and if it's

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from the recovery that is now underway. -- everyone benefits.

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Retail sales have already been going up over the past few months. It

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rather mitigates what you are saying about a cost of living crisis. Let's

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see what happens. The average family is ?1600 worse off since the

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election. Inflation figures, they were hired than the rate of pay. I

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don't think we have seen the end of the problem by any means. We will

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not argue about statistics because we have had those debates before.

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The government will say, look at growth, look at the recovery. But

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you have mimicked some of the policies that Labour has put

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forward, certainly in terms of energy prices. You wanted to

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intervene on that. The Prime Minister also made a comment about

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rents. So you have chased the narrative. With the rent issue, we

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put that forward at our conference last year and Ed Miliband said

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something in this area. Which policy? The policy on making sure

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there is the opportunity to have longer-term rents. It is very

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difficult to discern what the Labour Party policy is. When you say it is

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rent controls, they say it is not. They say, is it what we set out at

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the conference, they don't want to admit to that. There is a bigger

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picture, why aren't any of these proposals cutting through? It is a

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hodgepodge, a whole series of little announcements, some of which fall

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apart at the first sight. Some of which address concerns that matter,

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but there is a big picture out there. You are saying growth is more

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important. Looking at the issue of growth is more important than the

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smaller issues, even if they are a concern. You have put it rather

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well. I hope it is how you would put it rather than I would. There is a

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big picture. We have a long-term economic plan to deal with the

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economy. It is starting to bear fruit. The job is by far from done.

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It is making progress. The deficit is coming down. Pay is just adding

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to get up there with inflation. -- just starting to. From Labour there

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is no big picture plan, just a whole series of pocket piece, hodgepodge

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policies that don't add up to anything. I would finish by saying

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this. They add up to less than the sum of their parts. That is the

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problem with the Labour proposal. You will not agree with that but is

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it because you can't do anything about growth? You cannot argue

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against what is happening so you are having to go for, what he would

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call, these smaller, sideline issues. We had three years with

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hardly any growth at all. Thankfully at last, there is growth appearing

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and hopefully that will be sustained. It has left us with a

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very serious legacy of problems. For example, and most unprecedentedly

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large number of people have been out of work for a long time -- almost

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unprecedentedly. The measures Ed Miliband has set out the right thing

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to do, otherwise we will be left with a recovery where only the very

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few at the top are feeling the benefit and everyone else is left

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behind. We can't carry like that. Declaration of course it

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Of course it takes a long time to recover from the recession

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established when you were in office. The key is this, on the really big

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questions, are you going to borrow more than we are planning as a

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government? It is a question that Ed Miliband will answer. He gives a

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very compensated answer. We are very clear, this government promise to

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end the deficit will stop Are you going to borrow more? It is

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straightforward. We will want to end the deficit as soon as we possibly

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can, in the next Parliament. We are setting out measures to do that in a

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way that is fair to everyone, not just a few at the top. When this

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government was elected, it said we would have steady growth and falling

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unemployment, it didn't happen. It has left a big legacy of problems

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that we will address. Will be Labour government borrow more than our

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plans? Inter we will set out our detailed budget plans at the time --

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We will set out our detailed budget plans at the time. Who is right? A

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big question for you! Do people at home think growth is going up,

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marvellous, or do they look at Labour and think, these issues of

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looking at rent increases, GP appointments, do they have more

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traction? I think at this stage, symbolic policies are quite useful.

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I think where Matthew is right is that by the time of the general

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election, it will be the big economic landscape that is where the

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real fight will take place. I think the minimum wage, it is very

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interesting. I think the Government have clearly been quite supportive

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of a rise but it turned out to be very tiny. The symbol was there but

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the policy was inadequate in my view. If I think back to the rows

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there were when we were in government, that the world was going

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to collapse as we knew it, if you say you want to make work pay, it

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means the minimum wage has to go up. Otherwise the taxpayers pay, rather

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than employers. I think these symbolic policies are important but

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by the time of the general election, it is about the bigger

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picture. Let's have a look at the minimum

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wage because that is something Labour have said they want to put

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up. I think George Osborne said he would increase it, you have not put

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an exact figure on it but presumably it will be closer to ?7 an hour? It

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is puzzling that George Osborne said there should be a significant

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increase when it has not happened. We put in evidence to the low pay

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commission that over two years you could have this sort of increase and

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in the first year they proposed the minimum wage should go up by 3%,

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more than average earnings. In fact, the report says that compared to

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average earnings, the level of the minimum wage has never been higher,

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and then it is going up faster than average earnings. Crucially, this is

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done through the low pay commission, to make sure that as well as

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unions, business is onside and everyone supports it, and it is done

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in a way that does not cost jobs. You can put the evidence in you

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want. You can get some direction. De Lo Paid Commission is this the

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Independent. We can afford to see an increase. Crucially, I was amazed

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that in labour's proposals they said the changes should happen

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irrespective of the impact on the wider economy. The independent

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directors have said this is not the right way to go on this. You need

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businesses to be on board with this. I remember the negotiations with

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industry at the time of the minimum wage and it was successful. It is

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not good enough for ministers to say we should have an increase and then

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not do anything to deliver it. The level of the minimum wage is 53% of

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median earnings. It needs to rise. level of the minimum wage is 53% of

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If the recovery is going to benefit not just a few at the top, but

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everybody... I am not just a few at the top, but

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supporter of the minimum wage. I want to look

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supporter of the minimum wage. I business. The argument being

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supporter of the minimum wage. I Matt Hancock is unique business

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onside. We remember you did Matt Hancock is unique business

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accepted issue. Let's speak to Digby accepted issue. Let's speak to Digby

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previous government. The last people on earth who should plan anything is

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a politician. I agree with you but there are loads of policies which

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are not good for business. I think Labour are not good for business.

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The plan we have this week is drawn up by Alan Buckle, the former chair

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of KPMG. I am confident we can reach an agreement with business. At the

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time of the 1997 general election, there was not time at that time --

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there was not agreement at that time. People realised it was in the

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country's interest that everybody should benefit from the recovery,

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not just a few. When will the government increase the minimum

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wage? October, ?26 50. It will have gone up faster than average earnings

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-- it will go up to ?6 50. It will be done in a way which does not

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damage jobs and has support from unions and business in a

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non-partisan way. We put in evidence to say that we thought it can go up

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now. We have made a load of progress. Let's look at one issue in

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terms of the recovery. Is there a housing bubble in London? Clearly,

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house prices are rising in London. Is there a double? It is very

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difficult to know. There is huge amount of money coming in from

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overseas. The London market, the figures show they are quite separate

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from outside London. This debate on housing is often debated by people

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who all have houses in London and we should not allow a coffee table

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discussion around those who are themselves impacted... Mark Carney

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says the UK has deep structural problems and poses the biggest risk

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to the recovery. I strongly agree with Mark Carney but the point is,

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over the whole country, house price inflation was much lower the figures

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this morning showed. Outside of London, I was in Carlisle last week,

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and making sure people can get access to homes and buy a home in

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places like Carlisle where house prices are much lower is really

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important. Should Help to Buy be reined in? When we set up Help to

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Buy we gave the Bank of England the ability to do that. I would like him

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to make the judgement on that. I'm concerned about what the government

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and others have said about what Help to Buy is doing in the housing

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market. I get the real thing we need to do is get more houses built.

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Everyone agrees with that. It was a failure by Labour to build the

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houses we needed. Equally, there has been a failure by this government to

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build houses at the rate we need. It is worth saying something on that.

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The number of completions of course was low but the number of starts has

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really started to accelerate, partly because we put in place the

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financing to get it going. The problem now is there is a housing

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bubble mouth to take the heat out of it should help to Bybee reindeer

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and? -- should help to Bali be reined in? My concern is that we

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could be heading in the direction of a bubble again now. Thank you.

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Now if you've been a regular watcher of the Daily Politics over the past

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few weeks, you'd know that as well as providing you with in-depth

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and enthralling coverage of the big parties contesting this week's

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elections, we've also taken time to talk to some of the smaller parties.

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Adam Fleming is outside parliament with representatives of not one -

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We have Nikki Sinclaire, a leader We Demand a Referendum Now Party, Tommy

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Tomescu, who is the leader of Europeans Party and Brian Denny who

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is leader of the No2EU. What is your policy? We believe there should be a

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referendum now. Surely investment is the, uncertainty is the biggest

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uncertainty of investment so therefore we cannot wait three

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years. We are quite clearly saying we need that referendum now. It was

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my campaign which forced David Cameron to the dispatch box and

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forced him to offer that referendum. By re-electing me in the West

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Midlands, you will have someone who will fight for a referendum.

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Realistically, people who really want a referendum to happen should

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just vote Tory in the next election, shouldn't they? David Cameron said

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he wanted to stop banging on about Europe. It was my petition which

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forced the debate in Parliament, it has forced him to the dispatch box

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and forced the issue. This shows what one small party with one MEP

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can actually do. By re-electing me in the West Midlands is someone who

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will not let David Cameron renege on his promises as Prime Minister 's

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have in the past. Tommy Tomescu, what made you quit dentistry and

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take up politics? There is a lot of offences against Romanians and this

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coincides with the latest campaign and what UKIP have said. We have

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said no one takes any kind of measures against these and people

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are becoming more and more... We demand a case to be followed and we

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demand the Crown Prosecution Service go and analyse the case against

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Nigel Farage for incitement to hatred... You think he should be

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prosecuted? He should be prosecuted, clearly. He does not have to be

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above the law just because the party is afraid they will lose votes. Have

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you called the police to complain about him? I have done a complaint,

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I am preparing to send it. I have a clip which I have placed on the

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Europeans Party page and we are preparing to send it. Now Nigel

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Farage is also setting up an army. It is not enough that he is

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portraying racial hate attacks against Romanians. The People's

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Army, was at that one of Hitler's early slogans? He is also saying

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that some people from different nations are against, are better than

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other nations. It is the same agenda. Brian, waiting very

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patiently, you are No2EU, what are you yes to? We are yes to democracy

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and yes to workers' rights. The EU is undermining workers' rights

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across Europe. Look at Greece and Portugal and countries like Romania.

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Collective bar and has been abolished and also EU rules out

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privatising our public services. It is interesting you talk about UKIP

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because UKIP are campaigning for the European rail directives to be

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rolled out across the EU. UKIP MEPs are campaigning for the

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privatisation of railways across Europe and they are campaigning for

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the privatisation of the NHS. None of those policies will be popular

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with the British electorate. The point is, most British people

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support the National Health Service and they support renationalisation

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of the roadways and No2EU was the only party standing on that platform

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in this election -- nationalisation of the railways. Has at the EU been

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great for workers' rights like the working time directive? In Greece,

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if you go on strike, the Athens transport workers, you are

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conscripted into the army automatically. That is not the

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agenda that social Europe is opposed to be in lamenting. Most of the

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directives that are supposed to defend workers are soft law, they do

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not implement it and the massive loopholes. The Swedish derogation

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means it cannot be it lamented so social Europe is a con. So you want

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means it cannot be it lamented so to withdraw from a system,? Jelena

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Renaud we to withdraw from a system,? Jelena

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regardless. -- we need to grasp the nettle and make that decision.

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Either be fully involved in the EU or leave it all together. If people

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vote to leave your referendum -- if people vote for referendum... What

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will you do? We do not think the free movement of capital, labour and

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goods and services is a good way of running society. It does not mean

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immigration will be abolished. The last word to Tommy. You should not

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just pick and choose. There are some good things and bad things in

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Europe. And also we are for a referendum. But people should be

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informed about this and people should choose who to inform but now

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they are afraid to do that because they are afraid. I ask the people to

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vote for the Europeans Party for the migrant workers. Thank you for

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joining us, we will continue discussing this but I have to hand

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back to the studio. Thank you. With just 48 hours to go before

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polling day across the country, we've decided to send our reporters

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out and about to get a flavour of how the election campaigns are going

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- and what voters make of it all. Today Giles is in Milton Keynes.

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Giles. Good morning. We are in

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Keynes having a look at the microcosm of local elections. Local

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Keynes having a look at the elections get notoriously bad

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turnouts. Is it because we do not really care or is it because what

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drives our vote is not just local issues. We took our infamous mood

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box into centre MKII asked an important question.

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It is an important question.

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It important question, do people vote on local issues or national

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issues? Let's find out what the shoppers think.

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this government, although there is no other government that can take

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over that are better than they are... I just want them to opt for

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their are... I just want them to opt for

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are... To you, it are... I just want them to opt for

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because you would vote for that party anyway? Yes, basically. If you

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were to choose? Local. Thank you very much. Slightly bending the

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democratic process by allowing a youngster to vote, but why not start

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them early? Without on what is going to be better

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them early? Without on what is going community. I don't care. Every

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politician is a liar. National. community. I don't care. Every

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Because it would affect everybody, not just me, not just our local

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community. Everybody wants two votes, that is not how it works. I

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don't bother with the local things. They do what they do with our money.

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National is much more important. Do you know who your local candidates

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are? No. Do you know what they stand for? Not really. But still the local

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issues are relevant? Yes, of course. for? Not really. But still the local

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I haven't heard anything from my local candidate. If they can't make

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the effort, why should you? This is it, very true. It is a general

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attitude to politics, life, and how they are going to treat people. I

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think there is also a disconnect in terms of voters perceiving what can

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be done locally. Because local government is so controlled by

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central government. The way the local one, it gives more people more

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of a say. With the national one, you don't really get heard. Here is the

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thing. It was interesting. At first it was all local issues that were

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more important, then there was a splurge as people started to think,

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sometimes they vote in local elections to send a national

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message, sometimes they don't know a lot about what is going

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message, sometimes they don't know a and sometimes they don't think they

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are that important. In the end, national issues has just won.

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It is not necessarily scientific but it does change the way politicians

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come to your doorstep. Let's find out how it works with two candidates

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who will be standing. Just explain to me, the problem for Labour, it

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seems to me, if you don't do well, everybody turns around and says, Ed

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Miliband is in trouble, Labour is in trouble. If you do well, everyone

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says, the opposition always does well in local elections when they

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are not in power. It is a bit of a lose-lose situation. Not really. I

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think what truly matters is we do a good job locally, talking about

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issues that matter to local people. Things like affordable housing,

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child care, the fact that living is getting harder for most people. Why

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is it that a lot of people didn't know who their candidates were and

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what they were doing locally? Milton Keynes is a huge city with 19 seats

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up for election. It is difficult to get across to everybody in the city

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what we are talking about. What we do have local fights and we are

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trying to get out there. We spoke to 1000 people at the weekend. We are

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listening to what people say. If you are in power, and many people I

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spoke to yesterday said, local elections, I am not that fast, I

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will use it to send the government a bloody nose -- not that bothered

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about it. It means whatever you're doing, they are judging you on

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completely different, they are not even judging you. We do get that

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message on the doorstep at times but I den think they are being as

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judgemental on this government as others may have been -- I don't

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think. They are saying national policies are helping malting

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Keynes. We are getting others saying they appreciate what we have done

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locally. -- helping Milton Keynes. People who may have voted a

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different weights are saying, you have done a good job and we support

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you. -- who have voted a different way. Is it a failure of local

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government to explain what it does? Or is it a failure of the press to

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promote local elections... We are here, now! You are complaining! I am

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saying that you talk a lot about European elections and general

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elections in the run-up, local elections are often portrayed as the

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referendum on what is happening nationally. They are not bad. Local

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elections affect people more on the ground in the locality where they

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live than any other elections. -- they are not that. It is people who

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vote to say, I don't see them as important as other types of election

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and don't seem to get the idea of what you can and can't do for them.

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We can do lots. The government has made it far more to God for us to

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implement affordable housing. The government is failing on childcare.

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These issues come across on the doorstep, they want to know what we

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are going to do about them. That is why we do it out onto the doorstep.

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I was talking to somebody and other day who voted Labour and

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Conservative in the past and was thinking about voting UKIP. When we

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said why, he didn't know. There is the question, are you both worried?

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A lot of people think you should both be worried of the fact that

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people don't necessarily know what they are for, but they are thinking

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about voting for them. The media have had a love affair for UKIP, now

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it seems they love to hate them. What have they got to offer locally?

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Absolutely nothing. They have no local politicians, they have one

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policy, to withdraw from Europe. Why would you ever vote UKIP in a local

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election? Thank you very much. We will be speaking to a UKIP candidate

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and the Lib Dems later. Join us later.

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And you can find a list of all the candidates standing

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in the local elections in Milton Keynes on the council's website -

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Sally Morgan, were you surprised that people viewed local elections

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as more important? I think it varies. I think it does vary from

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counsel to counsel. If councils are effective and capture the big mood

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locally, people support them. Sometimes that is by symbolic

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policies. Even in the constraints of the current position... I spoke to

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somebody last night, literally in the pub after a meeting, who lived

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in Southwark. He was saying, I think the council getting their act

:37:48.:37:50.

together, they are going to offer free gym membership. That was

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interesting, they were using their health and well-being money to do

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something interesting and symbolic, and bluntly, eye-catching, and

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saying, we want it to be really active in terms of doing something

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interesting on the health agenda. Sometimes an city council -- and

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imaginative counsel can spell out policies in an effective way --

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sometimes Annan Our guest of the day - Baroness

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Morgan - is the chair of Oftsed, the But she'll only be in the job

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for a few more months. Earlier this year a row broke out

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over the Education Secretary's the Education Secretary, Michael

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Gove, has confirmed that the Labour peer, Lady Morgan, who chairs

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Ofsted, will not be given a second spell in the post.

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The spell in the post.

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of making a determined effort to put Tory supporters in charge of public

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bodies. The claim has been made by Baroness Morgan after she was told

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she would not be reappointed as the head of state. It was a huge shock

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for Baroness Morgan come in the Bitcoin

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It became a huge story because Sally establishment.

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It became a huge story because Sally Morgan decided to take it not lying

:39:28.:39:32.

down. She went on the airwaves to denounce Michael Gove and Downing

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Street for taking the decision on party political grounds. I am the

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latest of a fairly long list of people who are nonconservative

:39:42.:39:48.

supporters who are not being reappointed. I think there is a

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pattern and it is extremely worrying. One of the important

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things is that public appointments are made on the basis of merits.

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Sally Morgan knows all about politics, she was once a senior aide

:39:59.:40:05.

to Tony Blair. She was 180 degrees wrong in that the Tories were

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stuffing quangos with Tories. More Labour people get appointed and

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Tories. She will think she has got a pretty good media hit, she is

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eloquent, she got her message across, she lit up the sky that

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Saturday warning and did not get much criticism. The Education

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Secretary Michael Gove praised Sally Morgan and denied it was a little

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move. I appointed her in the first by snowing she was Labour. We have

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move. I appointed her in the first Labour adviser to head the NHS. --

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move. I appointed her in the first appoint on merit. Applications for

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the new chair of Ofsted have now closed and no one will be more

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interested in who gets the job than the outgoing chair, Sally Morgan.

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And of course Sally Morgan is still with us.

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And of course Sally Morgan is still

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I said there was an inclination for nonconservative to be put into

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posts. I said what I needed to say at the time. My absolute commitment

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is to hope Ofsted goes from strength to strength. At the end of the clip

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you said, I am interested in who gets the post. That is because I

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wanted to be somebody who really cares and understands why Ofsted is

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important and can work well with the chief inspector. You said you

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anxious about that pattern. I am anxious about any suggestion that

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decisions are not being made on capability and merit. If we have

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public appointments, they must always be seen to be made on merit

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and must be made on merit. I had a concern that wasn't happening. Do

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you still have that concern? I hope that in a sense by raising the

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issue, possibly there is a bit more focus. What was the evidence to

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support your concern? Fraser Nelson said the government will actually

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appointing more Labour people to various quangos or government

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agencies. I am not in favour of any government placing people into

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things. It is entirely inappropriate. If Labour put people

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in who were not appropriate, would have condemned that as well. What is

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very important is that important positions are made on the basis of

:42:40.:42:44.

merit regardless of politics. It is not to say Conservatives should not

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get it, I rarely clear about that. If a strong conservative person with

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a commitment to education, who gets on well and constructively and can

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give support to an extremely good chief expected, -- inspector, that

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is fine by me. The important thing is the right people are appointed

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who can take is organisations forward. There's not much point in

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having independent unless they are independent. My absolute commitment

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now and when I finish is the importance of Ofsted and I will

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continue to support it from outside. Let's have a look at the Department

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of education. It doesn't seem to have been a happy ship. There was a

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divide between the Lib Dems and Conservatives, more recently there

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has been a row over free school meals, what is your view? There is a

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lot of noise and it is partly a symptom of being in the last year of

:43:49.:43:53.

a coalition government. I think the differences on education, across all

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of the parties, are not that great. You can either choose to make them

:43:59.:44:01.

significant or you can say, there is a lot of consensus. What I would

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say, briefings, public rows, private leaking of things, is not a good way

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to run a government. I would have to say as a teacher, get your house in

:44:17.:44:20.

order, it is not very good way to be running education. You think the

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parties are much closer and some of it is manufactured in terms of the

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differences. Are you happy and clear with what Labour's policy is

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regarding free schools. Completely. Between all the parties, there is

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not that much difference on free schools. Labour's position is clear,

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labour supports free schools, it may call them something different. Why

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not just call them academies, because they are academies? That was

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the beginning of a symbolic noise in the system. Because free schools

:44:56.:44:59.

have the same funding arrangements as academies. Free schools are a new

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form of academies with a different name. Apart from that they are not

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different. The issue that Labour and the Lib Dems, probably, is when

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things are tough, when money is tight, who should decide where free

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schools are and where should they be? Should they be in areas of need?

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That is where the parties differ? Should the teachers be qualified?

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Tristram Hunt has been clear about that. His view is that teachers

:45:33.:45:38.

should be qualified. My view is that people do not necessarily have to be

:45:39.:45:41.

qualified when they walk into a classroom but over time people

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should get qualified. Actually, you are always going to have music

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teachers and extra sports teachers who are not. There is a big divide.

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I think there are not many unqualified teachers in any school

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including private schools. What about inspecting private schools. Is

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that an appropriate role for Ofsted? I'm sure if I was talking to the

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chief finance he would say, as long as we get the funding! I think that

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is an interesting idea. I am pleased that Michael Gove suggested it. When

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we have such a varied system now as we do, with free schools and with

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academies and with maintained schools and independent schools, and

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nobody is very clear about at all, what is the thing parents can hold

:46:32.:46:36.

on to? They can hold onto Ofsted viewing all schools in the same way

:46:37.:46:41.

through the same prism. That is not the case for independent schools. I

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suspect quite a lot of good heads and parents would have a view that

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it is well come across the whole system. Ofsted is evolved into an

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investigation in Birmingham, the so-called Trojan horse plot, do we

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know when they will be able to publish their report? I think it

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will be next week. I am really pleased that Michael was sure took a

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personal view on the whole thing. He will report on that next week. And

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the academies trust will be the first one to close? What is really

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important is and what of the key issues going forward is, where is

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the oversight of schools around the country? People need to know where

:47:30.:47:33.

to turn to if they are concerned? At the moment, the only place people

:47:34.:47:37.

know about is Ofsted but there needs to be something else between the

:47:38.:47:40.

Department and between the individual schools.

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More now on the local election campaign. Giles is in Milton Keynes.

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These days it is a much more colourful political spectrum. There

:47:54.:47:55.

is yellow in government for the first time and there is purple on

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the map. Our Conservative spokesperson took no time at all to

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dig into UKIP. Stuart Moore is standing for them. Robin Bradburn is

:48:07.:48:11.

standing for the Lib Dems. We pretty much know now what UKIP stand for in

:48:12.:48:15.

national terms, they have been great clear about that, what you do

:48:16.:48:20.

locally? What is your policy on schools admissions or clearing the

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beans, recycling? The first thing we will do in local government is

:48:26.:48:28.

listen to the people and use a bit of common sense. Our local policies

:48:29.:48:34.

have been on our website for over four months now. They have been

:48:35.:48:38.

published by the North Branch and the South Branch. The problem is,

:48:39.:48:42.

people have been given rhetoric. the South Branch. The problem is,

:48:43.:48:48.

They do not understand we are a serious threat. Our policies include

:48:49.:48:53.

protection of schools, investing in schools, helping more senior

:48:54.:48:57.

citizens who are not as well. Can you do that if you do not win the

:48:58.:49:01.

council and you will not win the council, will you? We can make a

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very, very serious difference. At the moment, we will either be in a

:49:07.:49:11.

conservative or a Labour council. We can make a serious impact and not

:49:12.:49:13.

let them can make a serious impact and not

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they have made so far. One of the things is it is hard for you to go

:49:26.:49:29.

on the doorstep and say, that was asked when it might have been all of

:49:30.:49:33.

you, how would you make a difference on the doorstep? We make a

:49:34.:49:39.

difference because we contact the residents all year round. In Milton

:49:40.:49:45.

Keynes we produce a document which we sent around every four weeks. A

:49:46.:49:49.

lot of people do not know what their local councillors do. We try and

:49:50.:49:54.

inform them. It is an education process. You put the information

:49:55.:49:58.

before them and then they make their decisions. Isn't it true that a

:49:59.:50:03.

smaller party in with a coalition government for the first time, it

:50:04.:50:06.

does not matter what you do, you will get voted on because of what is

:50:07.:50:10.

happening with Nick Clegg in government rather than you in Milton

:50:11.:50:11.

Keynes? We all appreciate that government rather than you in Milton

:50:12.:50:16.

we work hard for the community. Things

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we work hard for the community. in Milton Keynes. We will push that

:50:24.:50:27.

information to the voters so they can understand that we work for the

:50:28.:50:31.

community, not just for election advantage at this time. I do not

:50:32.:50:34.

community, not just for election know if you have said anything daft

:50:35.:50:37.

but some of your fellow councillors have, how much damage is that

:50:38.:50:40.

but some of your fellow councillors for you? No no matter what party you

:50:41.:50:42.

are in, for you? No no matter what party you

:50:43.:50:46.

something really daft then it will make a difference. But I think most

:50:47.:50:52.

people will have a certain degree of more common sense. I they voting for

:50:53.:50:55.

you or are they voting not for more common sense. I they voting for

:50:56.:51:02.

others? I think it is a combination. Some of them are fed up and they

:51:03.:51:06.

want change. Some new voters are coming to us because what we say a

:51:07.:51:09.

sense. Do you miss coming to us because what we say a

:51:10.:51:13.

party? The point is, coming to us because what we say a

:51:14.:51:17.

for UKIP does not get things done. When you vote for us, we get things

:51:18.:51:25.

done. The local administration at the moment have renege on the pink

:51:26.:51:29.

sank recycling by reducing the number that are available. Our

:51:30.:51:30.

record of being the top 57% number that are available. Our

:51:31.:51:36.

in the country is under jeopardy because of a decision. It

:51:37.:51:39.

interesting enough. You may think pink sacks and mowing

:51:40.:51:41.

interesting enough. You may think a bit parochial but when you talk to

:51:42.:51:45.

people, that is the sort of things they notice and the things in local

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elections which actually count. That is it, Jo.

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day in Milton Keynes.

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And you can check out all the candidates standing for

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Milton Keynes council at www.milton-keynes.gov.uk

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Now - is Ed Miliband the kind of guy you'd like to have

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I ask because Ed Balls has felt the need to make it clear that he and Ed

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have enjoyed a few beers together, having previously said they had

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So why are top politicians so keen to be seen as someone

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In a moment we'll discuss that. First though, take a look at this.

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Have a look at that colour. And cheers. They have already started

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talking. I'm joined now by Alex Bull,

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brewmaster of the By The Horns brewery, the wine and beer critic,

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Oz Clarke, and Chair of the all-party group

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on beer, the Conservative MP, Why is it so important for

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politicians to be seen as the sort of person you would like to be with

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down the pub? of person you would like to be with

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down I think it is about likeability. Having a pint of beer

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is one of life's simple pleasures. If a politician can demonstrate they

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are the sort of guy you would want to have applied with, then they are

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the sort of person you would trust to take decisions to in government.

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I was going to say, also, we have demonstrated that MPs do get it,

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they do understand that British beer is a great fantastic product, our

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pubs are important to our communities and it is not just about

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posing and being seen with applied in your hand like Nigel Farage, it

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is about supporting British pubs and British beer which is so important

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to our communities. Let's talk about the issue of likeability. Alex, we

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have a range of beers here. If we think about the leaders of the main

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political parties, which one do you think would suit which party leader?

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We will start with our Stiff Per Lit. We will pay this with Ed

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Miliband which is not what you might think -- stiff upper lip. The

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gentleman on the front has a likeness. It is a light ale, 3.8%

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and probably more akin to the sum of the week nature of how he presents

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himself at times. You are making political comments! Pass it over to

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Oz Clarke. See if the flavour matches the personality that you

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think of Ed Miliband. I had not thought of stiff upper lip. I

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thought of an upper lip that goes like this, not stiff. I want to see

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if there is a bit of finish to the beer or not. It is very well

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balanced. Are you sure this is Ed Balls beer? The bitterness in it is

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maybe the bitterness of a good loser. Sally Morgan, you will have

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something to say about that! How cruel. It refreshes you. Maybe some

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of Ed's remarks have refreshed. Let's go on to Diamond Geezer. This

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Is Nick Clegg. He Is A Happy Guy This May Sway With Who Is Winning.

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They are both diamond geezers. It is much rounder. Are you sure this is

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Nick Clegg? It is very self-confident. Nick Clegg does have

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an amazing ability to be self-confident. It is nice and

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multi. The bitterness is much less on this. Still refreshing. -- nice

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and malty. We will be interesting to hear where the comments go as he

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drinks more and more! In a macro -- this represents David Cameron. It is

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called the Lambeth walk. I am not sure about that. I do not think Ken

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Livingstone would allow David Cameron to promenade in amber unless

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he has a nice house in Kennington. I will come back briefly to Andrew

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Griffiths. Talking about beers and pubs, does it put of female voters?

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No, more and more women are drinking cask ale. I have enjoyed a pint of

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beer with David Cameron. He likes a nice ale. George Osborne was the

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first chancellor in history to cut beer duty twice in successive years.

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Well done for getting that in! Nice, chunky, London Porter,

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presumably able to take the weight of the country on his shoulders.

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Very briefly the last one. The last one is Wolf E Smith. It is for Nigel

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Farage. The beer it self is a amber ale. It is perhaps a bit of a

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dreamer this beer. I liked his paws. Go on, what do you think? This is a

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good dream. It is wonderfully aromatic, it is beautifully bitter.

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It has a citrus lime and lemon zest quality. It may be Nigel Farage's

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aftershave. If this is Nigel, wow. Cheers for all of you. We have just

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got time to find the answer to our quiz. What did Ed Miliband spend 70

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to ?80 in a week, was it he, groceries and a travel or mobile

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phone chargers. I think it is groceries. Thanks to Sally Morgan

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and all our guests. Andrew and I will be here at new and. -- new net

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tomorrow. Goodbye.

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