The Government has announced £3.8 billion to boost skills and turbocharge productivity across the country. This includes more hours of learning for 16-19, taking us closer to levels seen by high performers like Sweden, expanding T-Levels, 24,000 traineeships, building Institutes of Technology, funding the Lifetime Skills Guarantee, upgrading our Further Education college estate, quadrupling the number of places on our skills bootcamps, and spending record sums on apprenticeships by the end of the Parliament.
If we want to build a stronger economy, spread opportunity, and raise wages, we need to do more to boost people’s skills and I look forward to working with local partners to ensure we have the skilled workforce to face the economic challenges of the 21st century.
