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Bedford Modern School students participate in Channel 4’s live Pre-Budget television show

Bedford Modern School students participated in Channel 4’s Dispatches Pre-Budget television show – “How to Save £100 Billion – Live” in London on Monday 21st June.

Dispatches set out controversial cuts that could save Britain £100 billion. Krishnan Guru-Murthy presented a team of experts who believed their radical proposals could get Britain’s budget back in shape but can the nation take such swinging cuts or tax increases?
Ideas such as placing VAT on food and children’s clothing, reducing the pay of public service workers and closing down final salary pension schemes were discussed with a studio of 600 people voting for or against these cuts.
Stuart Baker, Head of Politics at Bedford Modern School said: “It was great for the BMS students to be able to participate in a live television debate on the eve of the Budget. Hearing experts argue over which solutions would be best to cut the deficit will simulate a great deal of discussion in class.”

Photo: BMS students attended the Channel 4 live pre-Budget television show