The Great Skills Debate at the Labour Party Conference.
For the first time, Skills World Live Radio Show hit the main party political conference season, starting with Labour in Liverpool.

It comes at a time when:

The UK is the second slowest in the G7 for productivity grow (output per hour worked)
British employers have slashed investment in workplace skills by up to a fifth since 2005
2 million adults have fallen off the community education rolls
The number of apprenticeship opportunities for young people under 25 has nearly halved
In England, the government is threatening to axe thousands of qualifications at Level 2 and below
Presenter, Tom Bewick, leads a discussion with a panel of invited guests:
Toby Perkins MP, Shadow Skills Minister
Sonia Sodha, Observer, Chief Leader Writer
Alan Woods, OBE, Co-Chair, Federation of Awarding Bodies
Katie Orr, TQUK