Steph McGovern

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4,765 appearances 55 recordings 6 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 3d ago

Steph McGovern’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 55 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 9.

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The Rest Is Money · 303. Why making schools truly comprehensive is vital for our economy · 9 Aug 2026 podcast

We've got a skills minister in Jackie Smith working across the DWP and in education. voice-verified

Is it getting less fragmented and where does the apprenticeship levy sit in all of this? voice-verified

Because that's the other thing businesses moan at me about is it's so complicated. voice-verified

It's not working. voice-verified

Where are we at with things at the minute? voice-verified

So as things stand, though, it's still dead complicated. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

Yeah, I know that's the hard thing because we have a problem in this country with our productivity and, you know, with growth. voice-verified

You're talking about your order book being bigger than ever, but you need the skills behind that to make it happen. voice-verified

And so, I mean, we're here, you know, part of the reason I'm here is we're doing this vocational celebration day, you know, one way to try and just show people that it isn't just all about a pure academic route. voice-verified

You know, we've talked a bit as well about getting more young people to know about the jobs out there. voice-verified

But do you think, I want to know if either of you agree with me, do you think we need a bit of a revolution in schools? voice-verified

Do you think we need to start... 100% I do, personally. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

So Andy Burnham's saying 14, push for vocational. voice-verified

it starts much earlier than that. voice-verified

Also, 14 is a really weird age because it's, you know, you've gone through all the hormone stuff. voice-verified

You're only just picking your options if you're doing, you know, GCSE. voice-verified

All of this time, it's the wrong time to suddenly be taken out of the school setting you're in and move to another one, isn't it? voice-verified

It needs to be much earlier than that, I think, in terms of presenting these options. voice-verified

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