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The Prime Minister has promised to provide apprenticeships and training for all young people as part of a plan to help rebuild the UK’s economy following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Guide Pippa, 12, designed a new badge celebrating Covid-19 key workers and volunteers. Picture: Girlguiding
Guide Pippa, 12, designed a new badge celebrating Covid-19 key workers and volunteers. Picture: Girlguiding

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PM promises apprenticeships and training for all young people

Boris Johnson has today vowed to ensure all young people “the chance of apprenticeship or an in-work placement”.

During a speech on plans to boost the economy in the West Midlands, the Prime Minister announced a new “opportunities guarantee” for young people and admitted: “For a century we have failed to invest enough in further education and give young people the practical training and further education they need”.

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