If you have Conservative Councils wasting staff time and Council Taxpayers money on damaging thought control sessions then what is the incentive to vote Conservative?
It can be transformative for young people, their families, their communities and – by creating a better skilled workforce – the wider economy too.
As we live and work for longer, good work is vital to provide a better later life. We believe that government and employers both have a role to play in enabling good work for the benefit of the economy, businesses and individuals.
Only 12 per cent of tickets are now bought at offices, down 85 per cent from 1995 – at a time of union disruption and plummeting commuter numbers.
If all young people who are received support as effective as Spear, it would mean 130,000 young people moving into employment, simultaneously filling over 10 per cent of the vacancies that are so troubling British businesses.
Where there is need, front line staff like doctors and nurses are underpaid, relative to what they should receive, and where there isn’t, a whole host of people are well paid.
Modularised courses could help to prepare learners for work in growth sectors whilst reversing decline in strategic industries.
There is a lot of rhetoric about boosting vocational training, but we need to do more to deliver it in practice.
From my experience, the days of photocopying and making coffee in a seedy office are over. Being an intern is a chance to learn.
Powers over transport and infrastructure will help us shape the places of the future. Devolved skills budgets will get the support young people need.
Looking back on my schooldays, I can see how little we had in terms of inspiration. We simply didn’t know what we could aim for.
It now needs to get real. This is clearly the plan in the next few months, starting with the Queen’s Speech tomorrow, leading to the Levelling Up paper.
“What will drive levelling up is not necessarily about roads and bridges but getting people ready for the industries of the future.”
Earlier this year the Coalition for Global Prosperity set out to teach the next generation of Parliamentary candidates a basic knowledge of defence, diplomacy, and development.