Great to be in the Chamber today to ask the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships & HE, Luke Hall MP, if he agrees that it is this Conservatives Govt that are building a skills nation with:

✅ Over 330,000 new apprenticeship starts this year.
✅ Apprenticeship completions up by…

The Conservatives have completely rebuilt the apprenticeship system 👇

📈 Delivering over 5.8 million apprenticeship starts since 2010
↔️ Expanding apprenticeships to nearly 70% of occupations

Labour's ill-thought-through policy would halve the number of apprenticeships 🥀

We’ve expanded apprenticeships to nearly 70% of occupations so even more people and businesses can benefit from these amazing opportunities.

Grateful to Chris Clarkson MP 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇮🇱 for bringing together MPs, Association of Colleges (AoC) and others to discuss innovative ways to deliver apprenticeships

So sad to hear of the passing of Frank Field. I remember him as chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee; passionate, knowledgeable and incredibly warm and supportive to new MPs. A huge loss. Rest in peace

Labour have sniped about our childcare expansion for months, saying it wouldn't work.

We've now delivered the first stage of it, with 200,000 benefitting from 15 hrs a week childcare for their 2-yr-olds.

And Labour are once again exposed as having no plan, no policy and no idea

We’re opening up Levelling-Up Premium payments to FE teachers.
 
Eligible FE teachers in subjects like STEM, early years and construction will receive up to £6,000 in the first 5 years of teaching. Important progress. More here 👇🏻

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Wishing you a Happy St George’s Day.

Whether it’s the vast array of skills opportunities, high and rising school standards or growing childcare support, we’re unleashing opportunities in the South-West and across England.

🧵This is what I’ve seen over the past two days 👇

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Two weeks ago, we hit our target of 150,000 more children benefitting from our expansion of childcare.

Today, I’m delighted that number is now over 195,000.

Our plan is working - helping hard working families with the cost of childcare and to get back into work.

We pledged we would deliver 20 Institutes of Technology in this Parliament.

We’ve now delivered 19, with 2 more opening in September. Exceeding our commitment.

Fantastic to visit Yorkshire and Humber IOT with Graham Stuart MP

We are revolutionising our apprenticeships system. Expanding them to nearly 70% of occupations. Fantastic to meet some apprentices at East Riding College with Graham Stuart MP today, working across industries all the way from Engineering and Hospitality to Accountancy and Early Years.

Over 5.8 million apprenticeship starts ✅

Almost 700 standards, designed by over 5,000 employers ✅

Apprenticeships spend more than doubled since 2010 ✅

Higher quality standards valued by employers ✅

This is the struggle of our generation.

Ukraine can win this war and achieve a just peace. But we must all, Americans and Europeans alike, do more.

The outcome is down to us.

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Financial stability is vital to ensuring our universities remain among the best in the world.

Pleased to speak with senior leaders at University of Bath to discuss sustainability and see first-hand the incredible opportunities this university has to offer

Parents, children and loved ones.
Students and festival goers.
Construction workers.

Six months on from Hamas’s horrific attack on the Israeli people, David Cameron renews our call to send all of the hostages home.

For months, Labour have sniped from the sidelines, saying we wouldn't hit our childcare target.

Today, we have proved them wrong.

We're sticking to our plan, delivering the largest expansion of childcare in our history.

Labour has no plan and whilst they dither, we deliver.

🎯 NEWS: We've now hit our target of 150,000 more children benefitting from government childcare support this week.

But this is only the start, with thousands more families benefitting in the months ahead as we deliver the largest expansion of childcare in our country's history.

NATO’s 75th … a Foreign Ministers’ meeting … and what needs to happen next

The independent OBR says that our childcare plan will support 60,000 more people into work – saving working families £6,900 a year.

It was great to meet working parents at Asda in Stevenage to see how this childcare support will benefit their families.

This week marks the start of the rollout of this government's record expansion of childcare.

By the end of our rollout, this will save working parents on average £6,900 a year, helping 60,000 more people back into work.

Read more here 👇
gov.uk/government/new…