Does Boris Johnson’s adult skills revolution add up?

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Analysts agree overhauling adult skills is the right economic aspiration and priority for the government. Yet there remain doubts about whether the Johnson administration’s current programme is sufficient to deliver, reports Ben Chu

The Queen’s Speech on Tuesday promised new legislation to create a “lifetime skills guarantee”, which will include “flexible loans” for adults wanting to retrain that they will be able to use at any point in their lives.

 

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BenChu_ Doubt it The Johnson is incapable of doing sums that big fingers toes then it gets a bit difficult.

BenChu_ Only if he gets trained as a road sweep....

No, it's setting up a situation where the Tories can claim to have worked on a problem but in reality exploit an underclass. The already immense divide between have & have not is going to become a chasm. Oh the horror!

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