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Politics Weekly: Michael Gove's grovelling apology and Nick Clegg's reform gamble

Education secretary Michael Gove was forced to admit to the House of Commons that there were numerous errors in a list of school building projects supplied by his department.

Michael White, Julian Glover and Rafael Behr discuss how important Gove is to David Cameron and how damaging the incident could be.

Meanwhile, as the public sector faces huge cuts and reductions in terms and conditions, Dr Jon Davis, an expert on Whitehall at Queen Mary University, assesses the current relationship between the coalition and the civil service.

And as Nick Clegg fleshes out his plans for electoral reform including a re-drawing of constituency boundaries and a change to the voting system we discuss how big a gamble it could turn out to be for the deputy prime minister.

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