Labour reacts to Baker comments on education

Title

Labour reacts to Baker comments on education

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Oct 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:03:18

Description

Report on reaction to a speech by Education Secretary Kenneth Baker at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool attacking Labour criticism of private schools. Jack Straw, Labour education spokesman on Baker’s policies and opinions; Neil Kinnock, Labour leader on Tories and Labour policy review. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Jack Straw; Neil Kinnock

Keywords

Labour Party; Education; Conservative Party; Political conferences; Conferences; Schools; Blackpool; Policy making; Grant maintained schools; Kenneth Baker

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