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The damage... the government's spent billions on the furlough scheme and other support for families and businesses in the past 18 months. many expected the chancellor to rein that in, but it seems the purse strings may still be loose. children, schools, skills, all of these things, policing and crime, you will see investment across the board in public services, because that's what we were elected to deliver and that's what we are getting on and doing. rishi sunak�*s already promised 5.4 billion for the nhs this winter. now he's pledged 1.6 billion for new vocational qualifications called t l...

Are out there, and also really importantly we need to improve our careers advice for these young people. back in 2012 we got rid of connections, it was reduced down to a telephone service and the onus was put onto schools to provide advice for young people and they weren't given the funding to do that, so all very well having t—levels, btecs and a—levels and different options for students but unless they get proper independent unbiased advice that is informed to tell them about all the different courses on offer, all of this money is really a waste in some ways because students need to kno...

The next few days, and we hope that the government will also find the means to address the needs of the vast majority of young people that study a—levels or btec qualifications. ministers also want to balance the books after huge spending during the pandemic. but despite concerns over the economic picture, the government is making clear there is money to spend on its political priorities. the question is: will it be enough to deliver the big changes that ministers have promised and will the plans work? grainne hallahan is a a senior analyst at tes. . thank you forjoining us. what do you thin...

To me earlier. ministers are to formalise their committment to what they call a "skills revolution" in england, with a series of measures to be unveiled in wednesday's budget. £1.6 billion will be announced to roll out new "t—levels" for teenagers — and £550 million for adult skills. college leaders say the funding is welcome, but doesn't go far enough. here's our political correspondent, nick eardley. what we want to see is a high—wage, high—skill economy... the government says it wants to change the way the uk economy works, moving to a higher skilled, more productive workforce whi...

Agendas, levelling up areas and moving to a zero carbon economy. the funding of t—levels, vocational qualifications equivalent to three a—levels, aim to get ten times many people signed up and ordering them at the moment. there's been criticism that at the same time funding is being from popular btecs. the money for adult skills, which is much more modest, is a recognition that if the government wants to move to a high wage, high skill economy then there needs to be opportunities for people to retrain through their lives. this all comes in the context of a budget where the chancellor wants...