apprenticeships
Starmer sets out plan to ‘fire up’ UK skills and cut reliance on foreign labour
The Prime Minister said young people in the UK have been ‘let down’ by a lack of opportunity and a ‘fragmented and broken’ skills system.
Starmer sets out new skills body to reduce reliance on overseas workers
Ministers hope Skills England will train the homegrown workforce to meet the needs of the economy.
PM launches Skills England to tackle ‘fragmented and broken’ training system
The Government sees improved skills training as vital to achieving its aim of boosting economic growth.
Civil Service to recruit another 100 trainees and apprentices
More than 100 places available in a number of disciplines
Apprenticeship training ‘will bring net migration down’ – Yvette Cooper
Labour will reform apprenticeships to ‘tackle the skills gap’ and decrease migration, the shadow home and education secretaries have said.
Tory pledge to axe ‘rip-off’ degrees could ‘run down and undermine’ universities
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised to create 100,000 more apprenticeships a year by shutting down some university courses.
Diane Abbott row threatens to derail Labour’s NHS campaign pledge
The veteran MP claims she is being blocked from standing for Labour in the General Election despite having the party whip restored.
Champion for apprenticeships and skills Robert Halfon ‘will be missed’
The skills, apprenticeships and higher education minister has announced he is stepping down from the Government.
PM sets out plans to support women entrepreneurs and boost apprenticeships
The Prime Minister said a new female-focused investment fund will help the UK become the best place for women starting a business.
Sunak pledges to create 20,000 apprenticeships and cut red tape for small firms
The Prime Minister will announce a package of reforms at a Business Connect conference in Warwickshire.