Lucy Powell: “Our manifesto did talk about the redistribution of power, it did talk about the rewiring of our country, it did talk…”

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The government has committed to a review of that, it's very much at the top of my in-tray as the secretary of state, and I want to make sure we look at this so it's fair for students.

This Government is determined to help thousands more young people gain the skills, experience and confidence they need to build successful careers.

I think I've called it in the past egregious and I'm not going to change my opinion on that just because I'm now the secretary of state.