The Rest Is Money

94. How To Fix Education

Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Phillipson tells us her plans to solve: the skills gap, teacher’s pay needs, early years childcare provision, further education underfunding, the rising demand for SEN services, the forgotten third (kids who fail maths and English GCSE), plus Robert and Steph’s biggest obsession; how do you make sure schools prepare young people for the world of work.

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Robert Peston and Steph McGovern follow the money to bring you insightful stories from the world of business and finance. 

Who’s making money and who’s spending it? Who’s investing, and who’s innovating? How will AI affect the way we work and why are Saudi Arabia buying up sport? How can the UK economy recover its productivity and adapt for the future?

Steph and Robert tap their extensive business contacts to answer these questions and decode the jargon to help make sense of the financial world.