Labour's Election Manifesto
16 - April - 2010
Labour's Election Manifesto: Key Points on Education
Here are the key points of Labour's General Election manifesto on Education 2010:
- Up to 70,000 advanced apprenticeships a year and Skills Accounts for workers to upgrade their skills
- Job or training place for young people out of work for six months but benefits cut at ten months if they refuse a place.
- Guarantee of work for anyone unemployed for more than two year
- National Minimum Wage to rise in line with average earnings
- Every young person guaranteed education or training until 18, with 75% going on to higher education, or completing an advanced apprenticeship or technician level training, by the age of 30.