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A-Level exams: Can Gavin Williamson's job survive this? And how Al Murray's saving comedy

A-Level exams: Can Gavin Williamson's job survive this? And how Al Murray's saving comedy

With mounting anger from the public, and criticism from within the Tory party, is the education secretary's job at risk following the exams crisis? Gavin Williamson's being attacked by some for taking too long to resolve the problem, with two...

The Standard · Rachelle Abbott

August 17, 202015m 30s

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With mounting anger from the public, and criticism from within the Tory party, is the education secretary's job at risk following the exams crisis? Gavin Williamson's being attacked by some for taking too long to resolve the problem, with two ministers among those raising concerns over how it's being dealt with. Our political editor Joe Murphy says Mr Williamson has Boris Johnson's support for now, but there are rumours a cabinet re-shuffle is on its way sooner rather than later. 


And, Al Murray joins the podcast to tell us about how he and Jayde Adams compered the first major comedy gig to be held indoors since lockdown began. The show in Camden's been described as "magical" in the Evening Standard's review, but how was it put together and did acts like Shappi Khorsandi have any material after spending so long in their houses? 


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