Grace Williams
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Grace Williams
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Trainee Digital Reporter at @TheBoltonNews

My previous work can be found at the Warrington Guardian & MerseyNewsLive
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"FUNERALS PLEA TO DRIVERS
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November 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Closing the show, Sandher said: “We will be working with universities and other groups in the sector. It’s a sensible government over here.”
December 9, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Sandher said: “We protect and promote free speech. Previous legislation was dangerous and could have led to anti-Jewish hate speech.”

Iman said: “Is there any evidence that Holocaust denial is widespread at universities?”
December 9, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Whittingdale said: “University is a place where people can put forward ideas and have them challenged in academic debate.

"Barring people because you don’t like what they have to say undermines that whole principle.”
December 9, 2024 at 1:10 PM
5th and Final Topic

Do universities have a free speech problem?
December 9, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Whittingdale said: “People coming out of university are not getting the benefit in economic terms.”
December 9, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Grady said: “I’d be interested to know who are the people that you think shouldn’t be going to university.”

Sandher said: “On both sides, I want to see every child in this country get a great job.”
December 9, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Grady said: “It should be funded properly through taxation. We have developed business models that do not work. £50,000 of debt for students is not the answer.”

Iman said: “Many of them will never pay it back. The interest rates are crazy for young people.”
December 9, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Whittingdale said: “The government has agreed to increase fees when they said they wouldn’t. All you’re doing is putting the cost onto students.”

Grady said: “You have established a regime that is failing on it’s own terms.”

Sandher said: “The question is, how do we reform the sector?”
December 9, 2024 at 12:59 PM
4th Topic

Are some universities going bust?

Grady said: “It’s an inherently volatile funding regime.”

Iman said: “Some universities are almost a ‘visa scheme’.”

Grady said: “With respect, this is the comment of someone who doesn’t understand the sector they are working in.”
December 9, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Iman said: “The harder Brexit was because there were some who didn’t accept the vote. The European Union is growing incredibly slowly.”

Sandher said: “Distance does matter for trade.”

Whittingdale said: “It is a question of balance. We need trade with other countries too.”
December 9, 2024 at 12:54 PM
3rd Topic

Reeves wants ‘reset’ with EU to boost growth

Sandher said: “It’s a step-by-step process. It’s a grown-up trading relationship."
December 9, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Grady said: “I don’t believe that cutting the state is the answer here.”

Iman said: “Some elements of the civil service have politicised themselves.”
December 9, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Sandher said: “£100 million pounds is going to teams to help them work effectively. Let’s go do it, this is the ‘test and learn approach’.”

Whittingdale said: “At root, the problem is the state is too big."

Coburn said: “You had 14 years to shrink the state if that’s what you wanted to do.”
December 9, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Grady said: “We are all pretty sick of politicians trying to blame other people. Is attacking the workers the way to go about it? No.”

Iman said: “I have spoken to many civil servants who left because they couldn’t see the changes.”
December 9, 2024 at 12:43 PM