His backing
for electoral
reform - which would mean scrapping the first - past - the - post system on which Westminster MPs are elected in favour of some form of proportional representation (PR)-
came as John Denham, the skills secretary, also let it be known that he favours considering a number of «
radical steps», including electoral
reform.
These
reforms, affecting England and Wales, are the most
radical since World War II and may well redefine the nature and organization of British schools
for decades to
come.