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| Builders involved in the government's school rebuilding programme must hire apprentices, Children's Secretary Ed Balls has said. | |
| Mr Balls said he planned to create up to 1,000 new apprenticeships in one year through the initiative. | Mr Balls said he planned to create up to 1,000 new apprenticeships in one year through the initiative. |
| Sir Alan Sugar, star of the BBC's The Apprentice, will join roadshows to persuade employers to hire trainees. | Sir Alan Sugar, star of the BBC's The Apprentice, will join roadshows to persuade employers to hire trainees. |
| The move will be formally announced tomorrow, Mr Balls announced in a Sunday Mirror article. | The move will be formally announced tomorrow, Mr Balls announced in a Sunday Mirror article. |
| Companies working for the Building Schools for the Future programme will have to reveal a formal training programme, MPs will hear when they debate the second reading of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill. | Companies working for the Building Schools for the Future programme will have to reveal a formal training programme, MPs will hear when they debate the second reading of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill. |
| Investment | Investment |
| The minister told the paper: "We're bringing forward spending on school buildings this year because it's essential to support local businesses and construction jobs through the recession. | The minister told the paper: "We're bringing forward spending on school buildings this year because it's essential to support local businesses and construction jobs through the recession. |
| "But we also need to do more to invest in the jobs of the future and the skills of our young people. | "But we also need to do more to invest in the jobs of the future and the skills of our young people. |
| You learn your skill at work, you get a proper qualification and you come out as a really useful employee John Denham, Skills Secretary "That's why I want more apprenticeships, and in Parliament tomorrow we'll be pushing through new plans to give every suitably-qualified young person the right to an apprenticeship place." | You learn your skill at work, you get a proper qualification and you come out as a really useful employee John Denham, Skills Secretary "That's why I want more apprenticeships, and in Parliament tomorrow we'll be pushing through new plans to give every suitably-qualified young person the right to an apprenticeship place." |
| Meanwhile, Skills Secretary John Denham said it was time for the public sector to take more responsibility for the creation of new apprenticeships. | Meanwhile, Skills Secretary John Denham said it was time for the public sector to take more responsibility for the creation of new apprenticeships. |
| He told Sky News Sunday Live: "The public sector has never provided as many apprenticeships as the private sector. Now they need to take the lead. | He told Sky News Sunday Live: "The public sector has never provided as many apprenticeships as the private sector. Now they need to take the lead. |
| "Now the public sector, which is where public money is going in and where the Government's investing, needs to create places. | "Now the public sector, which is where public money is going in and where the Government's investing, needs to create places. |
| "Apprenticeships have been around for hundreds of years. Why do they work? Because you learn your skill at work alongside somebody who knows what they are doing, you get a proper qualification and you come out as a really useful employee." | "Apprenticeships have been around for hundreds of years. Why do they work? Because you learn your skill at work alongside somebody who knows what they are doing, you get a proper qualification and you come out as a really useful employee." |