Starmer Puts Skills Training at Heart of Industrial Strategy Plan
- Labour's new industrial strategy aims to boost sectors like advanced manufacturing and clean energy, as stated by Industry Minister Sarah Jones.
- Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds announced a £275 million investment to train unemployed young people, aiming to reduce reliance on foreign labor.
- The strategy plans to create 1.1 million new jobs by 2035 in growth industries, including defense and engineering, according to the Government.
- Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson emphasized that the strategy targets breaking the link between background and success for young people.
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Labour industrial strategy's £275m skills boost 'backs young people in the whole country' - The Mirror
The long-awaited strategy will include a £275million boost to skills training for the one in seven young people out of work and education - backing British talent instead of importing workers from overseas
A proud, self-reliant, secure country, where opportunity, jobs and wealth are spread fairly.
A proud, self-reliant, secure country, where opportunity, jobs and wealth are spread fairly. That is what Labour’s industrial strategy will create. More details: https://www.pesmedia.com/275m-skills-package-unveiled-as-business-secretary-vows-to-invest-in-british-people-to-power-industrial-strategy
Government construction support must go further to deliver housing ambitions
The UK government’s plan to build 1.5 million homes demands a major construction workforce expansion. Andy George, director of industry attraction, HBF, explores the skills gap, training reforms, and policy changes needed to meet housing targets The UK government’s bold ambition to build 1.5m homes over this Parliament will require nothing short of a construction revolution. With only 218,000 new homes completed in 2024, achieving the target of …
Technology, skills and infrastructure should be key priorities in Government UK and Midlands Industrial Strategy - East Midlands Business Link
Technology, skills and infrastructure should be the government’s top three priorities in its upcoming Industrial Strategy, according to MHA’s latest manufacturing report. The survey of 1,000 manufacturing business owners and C-suite across the country, including more than 200 in the Midlands, was undertaken in May to understand both the challenges and opportunities they currently face […]
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