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Procurement could be government’s secret weapon on NEETs

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We’re losing the Saturday job and gaining a bigger problem

1w | Skills reform

The chancellor must raise apprenticeship funding bands

1w | Skills reform

The AI jobs debate is missing the skilled trades

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Growth sectors need skills. Employer investment’s heading the wrong way

1w | Skills reform

Mayors’ 16-19 budgets won’t cover apprentices
2w | Apprenticeships

Computing courses live on despite V Level overlap
2w | Skills reform

We’ll listen to FE so V Levels work for everyone
2w | Skills reform

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Councils SEND further education to the back of the queue
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How I helped shape Reform’s plan to get England taking on apprentices

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For technical education to succeed, creativity can’t be an afterthought

27 Aug 2026 | Skills reform
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Australia, Canada, and a lesson for England’s 14-16 routes

27 Aug 2026 | Skills reform

Skills weighting doubled for major public contracts

5 Aug 2026 | Apprenticeships

We need to stop selling courses and start building skills ecosystems

4 Aug 2026 | Skills reform
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V Levels aren’t the answer, and Burnham knows it

30 Jul 2026 | Skills reform

Post-14 technical pathways could be transformational – but major questions remain
29 Jul 2026 | Skills reform
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New technical pathways for 14-year-olds could build on UTC model
29 Jul 2026 | Skills reform

Benefit-hit apprentice families boosted by bursary
28 Jul 2026 | Apprenticeships

Burnham – parity of esteem starts with pay, not pathways
28 Jul 2026 | Skills reform

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