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| Lib Dems detail education plans | Lib Dems detail education plans |
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| Plans to scrap the national curriculum are due to be detailed at the Liberal Democrat party's annual conference. | Plans to scrap the national curriculum are due to be detailed at the Liberal Democrat party's annual conference. |
| The party's education spokesman David Laws also wants to raise the funding for 1m poorer children to the same levels as those in private schools. | The party's education spokesman David Laws also wants to raise the funding for 1m poorer children to the same levels as those in private schools. |
| But party leader Nick Clegg has told the Sunday Times that he might send his children to private schools because of concerns over secondary schooling. | But party leader Nick Clegg has told the Sunday Times that he might send his children to private schools because of concerns over secondary schooling. |
| "I am a father before a politician," he told the paper. | "I am a father before a politician," he told the paper. |
| Mr Clegg added: "I am not holding my children's future and education hostage to a game of political football." | Mr Clegg added: "I am not holding my children's future and education hostage to a game of political football." |
| Replaced | Replaced |
| He also said he would not rule out "dipping into his pocket" for his two sons. | He also said he would not rule out "dipping into his pocket" for his two sons. |
| Mr Laws will tell the conference in Bournemouth that the 635 pages of the national curriculum should be shredded, and replaced by 21 pages that appear to work in countries such as Sweden. | Mr Laws will tell the conference in Bournemouth that the 635 pages of the national curriculum should be shredded, and replaced by 21 pages that appear to work in countries such as Sweden. |
| He will also affirm the party's call for the scrapping of Key Stage 3 tests for 14-year-olds. | He will also affirm the party's call for the scrapping of Key Stage 3 tests for 14-year-olds. |
| And Mr Laws will explain how some of the £20bn the party says it will identify in savings will be spent on a pupil premium. | And Mr Laws will explain how some of the £20bn the party says it will identify in savings will be spent on a pupil premium. |
| The premium will follow poorer children, in the first instance those who are eligible for free school meals, and will be paid directly to the school. | The premium will follow poorer children, in the first instance those who are eligible for free school meals, and will be paid directly to the school. |
| The party says it will cost £2.5bn, and will raise the funding of a million children to levels found in private education. | The party says it will cost £2.5bn, and will raise the funding of a million children to levels found in private education. |
| Police pressure | |
| Meanwhile, Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne is expected to say he wants more underperforming police officers to lose their jobs, and renew his call for an end to the "job for life" culture in the police force. | |
| The party wants mainly elected police authorities to exert pressure on chief constables to dismiss officers who are not up to their tasks. | |
| Speaking ahead of the conference's crime debate, Mr Huhne said: "We are prepared to take the tough action on police reform that Labour and the Tories have always ducked. | |
| "It is extremely unusual for anybody to be dismissed from the police other than for illegal activities." |