Students at the Labour Party Conference

Published on 24 September 2014

On Tuesday, 23rd September, a group of Year 11 students took part in a special audience debate featuring guests attending the Labour Party Conference in Manchester.

The event was a live radio broadcast event on BBC 5 Live, presented by Stephen Nolan at the Royal Exchange Theatre.

The following Year 11 students took part:

Arifa Begum
Layba Khan
Chelsea Egan
Maura Mendes
Awyas Nasim
Joyline Nyakonda
Elekilebo Odey
Fatma Omar

Guests on the show included:

Tristram Hunt, Shadow Secretary of State for Education
Andy Burnham, Shadow Secretary of State for Health
John Pienaar, BBC Radio 5 Live's Chief Political Correspondent

Discussions were around:

Votes for 16/17 year olds
Zero hour contracts
State of the economy
Welfare and benefits
Education, AS Levels
University tuition fees
National Health and ‘Social Care’ service

The students found the debate interesting and intriguing and managed to get some questions in concerning votes for teenagers and stated the reasons why.

Ms Cope
Curriculum Area Assistant, Computing & Business
Manchester Academy

Please note: this programme is available to listen again via the BBC iPlayer until Tuesday, 1^st October, 2014

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