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Top Tory Gove pledges red tape cuts

12:44pm Monday 22nd March 2010 in News

Tory Schools spokesman Michael Gove with Margot James, Stourbridge Conservative spokesperson, King Edwards College principal Sharon Phillips and students Tory Schools spokesman Michael Gove with Margot James, Stourbridge Conservative spokesperson, King Edwards College principal Sharon Phillips and students

TORY education spokesman Michael Gove MP took time during a visit to Stourbridge to slam government bureaucracy.

The man who wants to run the nation’s schools after the next general election called at King Edward VI College in the town centre on Thursday March 18.

The Conservative front-bencher described the college as “fantastic” and pledged to cut red tape by returning control of school and colleges to headteachers, if his party takes power at the general election.

Mr Gove said: “At the moment colleges have to tick all sorts of boxes by being under the control of quangos, we will trust the professionals.”

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Maddy Westrop UKIP says...
1:54pm Mon 22 Mar 10

Returning control to headmasters has been our policy for years. Only we really mean it as we would allow them to control discipline, admissions and curiculum, whereas Mr Gove can only do this half-heartedly and must keep half the quangos and red-tape. Only UKIP wants a grammar school in every town, skilled trades vocational training, a voucher you can spend at private or state schools and a schools system run by local professionals, not the Town Hall.

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Peace Nick says...
3:04pm Mon 29 Mar 10

Whilst I applaud any cutting back of red tape, perhaps he should start with his own Tory Dudley Council which is very good at sending out red tape

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