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Aug 2020
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Stay In - The New Ministerial Code (with...

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Education Secretary Gavin Williamson is resisting calls to step down over the government's exam results debacle.

Carol Monaghan, SNP MP for Glasgow North West and the party's education spokesperson, tells Bloomberg Westminster's Roger Hearing and Sebastian Salek why the issue was better handled in Scotland.

And are Gavin Williamson's survival skills down to dark secrets garnered during is time as chief whip? Former Conservative advisor and now Head of Public Affairs UK at ‎FTI Consulting, Alex Deane, explains just what goes on behind closed doors.

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