11 May 2021 PM promise for skills “revolution” included in Queen’s Speech Today's Queen's Speech unveiled a promise made by Prime Minister Boris Johnson for a skills "revolution", including loans for adults who wish to learn new skills The Prime Minister described the idea of only having one route up the career ladder as an "outdated notion". Following on from the Prime Minister’s ‘Lifetime Skills Guarantee‘, the inclusion of new measures for upskilling in today’s Queen’s Speech focuses on education and training for older teenagers and adults. The new Skills and Post-16 Education Bill, to be introduced on the 18th May, is among a series of over 25 new bills, and includes a new “flexible loan” from the government for part-time or full-time higher education and training at a university or college, which can be used at “any point in their lives”.