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Stephen Twigg answers your questions on Labour’s Education policy

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By Mark Ferguson

Earlier this week Stephen Twigg agreed to answer questions put to him by Labour Party members and supporters following his major speech on Monday. The party sent out an email to all members inviting questions, and I wrote about Twigg’s speech – inviting people to ask Stephen whatever they wanted. The Labour Party hasn’t always been particularly open to interaction with members – especially on policy – but they deserve credit for the way they gone about this Q&A, as [...]

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