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The head of Universities UK, Dame Sally Mapstone, claims tuition fees must rise to prevent a 'slide into decline' but, as part of the Today programme listeners series, Anna, Chloe and Pearl asked us to explore if a degree is still worth the parchment its written on: former education secretary Alan Johnson gives his reaction. The number of people off work is now so high Britain really can be branded the 'sick man of Europe' according to the Institute for Public Policy Research, but there are solutions according to former chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies. The director general of the World Health Organisation Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells us 'peace is the best medicine' and the head of Energy UK Emma Pinchbeck says the green energy revolution will inevitably mean building more infrastructure in the countryside.