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Cameron urges faith in capitalism | Cameron urges faith in capitalism |
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Conservative leader David Cameron has said people's "faith in capitalism and free enterprise" must be restored despite the global downturn. | Conservative leader David Cameron has said people's "faith in capitalism and free enterprise" must be restored despite the global downturn. |
The foundations of the economy have been "shaken", creating a need for more emphasis on re-training amid "mass unemployment", he added. | The foundations of the economy have been "shaken", creating a need for more emphasis on re-training amid "mass unemployment", he added. |
Mr Cameron promised his party would restore Job Clubs and encourage family-friendly working. | Mr Cameron promised his party would restore Job Clubs and encourage family-friendly working. |
Labour accused the Tories of setting out a "direct copy" of its policies. | |
'Top-down targets' | 'Top-down targets' |
Speaking at the Social Enterprise Coalition conference in Birmingham, Mr Cameron accused the government of stifling the training system based on out-of-date assumptions of a growing economy in which only a hardcore of unskilled people could not find work. | Speaking at the Social Enterprise Coalition conference in Birmingham, Mr Cameron accused the government of stifling the training system based on out-of-date assumptions of a growing economy in which only a hardcore of unskilled people could not find work. |
He called for greater flexibility for people looking for new skills and to attract new providers into the system to deliver training courses. | He called for greater flexibility for people looking for new skills and to attract new providers into the system to deliver training courses. |
Mr Cameron confirmed Tory plans to abolish the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), create a £100m fund to help young people who are "not in employment, education or training" and establish a £100 million Adult and Community Learning Fund to provide advice on qualifications and courses. | |
He said a Tory administration would revive the Job Clubs which helped bring people seeking work together in the last recession and would help employers create 100,000 new apprenticeships a year. | He said a Tory administration would revive the Job Clubs which helped bring people seeking work together in the last recession and would help employers create 100,000 new apprenticeships a year. |
'Shrinking' | 'Shrinking' |
Mr Cameron said: "Today, our training system is based on the assumption of a growing economy, the need to focus on a hardcore of people who lack skills and getting companies to increase the skills of those who are already in work. | Mr Cameron said: "Today, our training system is based on the assumption of a growing economy, the need to focus on a hardcore of people who lack skills and getting companies to increase the skills of those who are already in work. |
"And this system is delivered by big bureaucracy and top-down targets. | "And this system is delivered by big bureaucracy and top-down targets. |
"But the whole scene has changed. Our economy is now shrinking. And there isn't just a hardcore of people not in work, education or training - we're in an era of mass unemployment. | "But the whole scene has changed. Our economy is now shrinking. And there isn't just a hardcore of people not in work, education or training - we're in an era of mass unemployment. |
"We must do all that we can to help those who have been laid off to get back into work as soon as possible." | "We must do all that we can to help those who have been laid off to get back into work as soon as possible." |
He also said: "These are times of great anxiety. The foundations of our economy have been shaken - and with it our faith in capitalism and free enterprise. | He also said: "These are times of great anxiety. The foundations of our economy have been shaken - and with it our faith in capitalism and free enterprise. |
"The foundations of our society have been fractured and with that has come crime, anti-social behaviour, and family breakdown, poverty, and alienation, and mistrust - in fact, all the things about our society we want to change." | "The foundations of our society have been fractured and with that has come crime, anti-social behaviour, and family breakdown, poverty, and alienation, and mistrust - in fact, all the things about our society we want to change." |
Mr Cameron added: "Change won't be easy - it never is. But it's absolutely necessary - particularly at this time." | Mr Cameron added: "Change won't be easy - it never is. But it's absolutely necessary - particularly at this time." |
But a spokeswoman for Skills Secretary John Denham said of Mr Cameron: "Having failed to own up to his own policies, he is now repeating his own announcements. | |
"These policies, first set out in July last year, are a direct copy of existing government policy. | |
"For example, he says he will abolish the LSC when a bill to do just that is already going through Parliament. And a clearing house for apprenticeships and a new careers service for adults are already being set up." |
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