"Young people didn't trust teachers. They felt teachers pushed them down a particular route. They didn't trust parents, because they felt they were out of date. They decided their peer group was the most reliable" - Keith Brooker, director general of City & Guilds, on a study about how young people make educational choices
"I'm beginning to think actually that the 2010 target is a bit of a red herring. The absolute commitment was to end child poverty by 2020" - Wales' children's commissioner Keith Towler says the government should be paying more attention to the 2020 child poverty target.
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