Sentences with phrase «skill minister»

What triggered alarm in Downing Street that day was the brutal and suprising intervention of former skills minister Nick Boles — who quit before he could be sacked when Theresa May became Prime Minister in July 2016.

Apprenticeships and skills minister Anne Milton said: «We are investing in our workforce to make sure there is no barrier on anyone's ambition and that employers have the skilled workforce they need.

What triggered alarm in Downing Street that day was the brutal and suprising intervention of former skills minister Nick Boles (pictured)-- who quit before he could be sacked when Theresa May became Prime Minister in July 2016

With no Conservative plans to include 16 to 19 education within the budget ringfence, Nick Boles faces a tough job as skills minister.

2.30 pm Update: Jonathan Isaby tweets: «News you may have missed: Central Devon Tory MP Mel Stride named as PPS to Skills Minister John Hayes.»

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It quotes skills minister David Lammy's admission that «Cameron has touched a nerve, reflecting a big gap in our political narrative».

I have met with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills minister Mark Prisk, who appeared sympathetic to the arguments for sector - specific support for the industry.

• Downing Street has said that Nicky Morgan will combine being equalities minister with being education secretary but that Nick Boles, the new skills minister, will take charge of equal marriage.

So said then - Skills Minister Matt Hancock earlier this year, arguing for a «new norm» that treats vocational routes as every bit as worthwhile as academic ones.

The announcement caused a series of high - profile Boris backers to jump ship to Mr Gove's team, including Skills minister Mr Boles and Justice Minister Dominic Raab - crippling the former favourite's campaign.

The chair of the Commons Education Select Committee challenges skills minister over what she is doing to implement the requirements of the Baker clause

He said in January, while skills minister, that schools were to blame for the skills deficit in England because of their fixation on «university, university, university».

While Nick Gibb and Nick B0les have kept their briefs as school reform minister and skills minister respectively, Edward Timpson, previously a parliamentary undersecretary of state, has been promoted to the role of children and families minister.

Robert Halfon, a former skills minister who now chairs the parliamentary education committee, has also pledged to write to Agnew, and said trusts «must get their act together».

Despite claims by Skills Minister Nick Boles that careers advice would feature prominently, Ms Morgan's speech contained no policy announcement on the subject.

Four junior members of the team also resigned on Monday, leaving just one MP — shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden — officially speaking for the party on education issues.

Depending on how the roles are distributed, a replacement for Nick Boles, who resigned as the cross-department skills minister yesterday, may also have to be found, while it is assumed the role of universities minister — currently held by Jo Johnson — or something similar will move across to the DfE.

Skills minister Anne Milton hits out at «wasted money» through top - slicing - but says he has no plans to intervene

The event comes after apprenticeships and skills minister Robert Halfon visited the college in January as part of the launch of the government's modern industrial strategy.

Leading education figures, including the former skills minister Nick Boles, have suggested that UTCs should function as part of multi-academy trusts to make them «stronger».

In January, a Schools Week investigation found most large academy trusts had failed to meet the duty, prompting both Baker and Robert Halfon, the chair of the parliamentary education committee and Milton's predecessor as skills minister, to write to the government demanding action.

Skills minister John Hayes said the government's mission is to» [create] a highly skilled, creative workforce that can take on the best in the world».

Impact: Skills minister David Lammy, left, says Cameron's Tories are exploiting a «big gap» in Labour's performance

Having taken to Twitter on Friday night to condemn Theresa May's «timidity and lack of ambition», the frustrated former skills minister and paid - up Cameroon followed up by telling political editor Tim Shipman:

«Hancock, the skills minister and a former aide to George Osborne, said his party needed to be seen to be tackling the causes not just of excessively high pay, but also unjustified low pay.

Skills minister Nick Boles said: «We want every young person in Britain to get on and build a great life for themselves, whether it's by starting an apprenticeship or setting up their own business.

Her comments were echoed by those of innovation, universities and skills minister John Denham and former home secretary Charles Clarke, who were also speaking.

Skills minister Nick Boles has claimed it is «one of the biggest increases in the legal minimum wage that any government has done in the western world in living memory».

Matthew Hancock, the skills minister, is getting a promotion.

In evidence given to the committee, the skills minister Nick Boles confirmed that the policy was not so much intended to help Muslim women to get on, as to stop them being radicalised.

In October 2010 he was appointed as a Shadow Business, Innovation and Skills Minister.

Writing in the latest issue of Progress magazine, Mr Lammy, the skills minister, demands Labour do more to «refresh our core story» and expose Tory weaknesses.

They include his Universities Minister brother Jo, Skills Minister Nick Boles and ex-Health Minister Dan Poulter.

Commenting on the news, Skills Minister Nick Boles, said: «The rise in 16 and 17 - year - olds participating in education or training is very welcome, and we will work with councils to ensure this positive trend continues.»

Apprenticeships and Skills Minister Robert Halfon said: «Further education is playing a vital role in driving social justice and making Britain the skills nation that we need it to be.

The UK also plays host annually to the world's largest gathering of education and skills ministers, the Education World Forum, a platform for discussion on the future of education.

Apprenticeships and Skills Minister Anne Milton said: «This country has fantastic leaders across the FE sector and we want to harness their ability to raise standards across the FE Sector.

Skills minister Robert Halfon is delighted to welcome in the levy and believes it will play a crucial part in helping the government meet its target to deliver three million apprenticeships by 2020.

Skills Minister Nick Boles said: «It used to be that some careers were only an option if you went to university — we're changing that with degree apprenticeships.

Apprenticeships and Skills Minister Robert Halfon said: «I am clear that to build a country that works for everyone, each part of the education system needs to deliver for our young people.

In response, Skills Minister Nick Boles has published a «Post-16 skills plan», accepting every one of Lord Sainsbury's recommendations, while setting out the government's innovative vision for the future of technical education.

They will replace children's minister Edward Timpson, who lost his Crewe and Nantwich seat to Labour, and skills minister Robert Halfon.

Apprenticeships and skills minister Robert Halfon said: «Giving employers control over their apprenticeships needs and funding is an essential feature of our plan to create an apprenticeships and skills nation.

Launching the strategy at the Careers Development Institute (CDI) annual conference in Birmingham, skills minister Anne Milton said: «Without access to the best possible careers support, some people will miss out on the opportunities available.

As the Skills Minister, Robert Halfon MP, emphasised in his BETT 2017 speech, this is a positive move; these technologies present more opportunities to enhance the educational experience and allow greater flexibility for learning.