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Apprenticeships, skills gaps, information failure and training opportunities
Earlier this month the Prime Minister announced a £140m plan to create 35,000 additional apprenticeship places, of which 20,000 would be in the public sector (and 6,000 with McDonalds, making it the biggest apprenticeship provider in the UK). Lord Young, the minister responsible for apprenticeships in England, promised that those who won apprenticeships in the public sector would be able to complete their training, come what may. This article highlights the plight of a young man who has just lost his engineering workplace experience while studying with one of the largest private apprenticeship training firms in the South West of England.
