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Sunday is looking mild. a bit of rain in the forecast but sunny spells on the way too. it's sunday the 24th of october. good morning. our main story: ministers are to formalise their committment to a skills revolution in england with a series of measures to be unveiled in the chancellor's budget on wednesday. in his autumn statement, rishi sunak will announce £1.6 billion 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 hi...

People what t—levels are and letting people know what is to study because at the moment we know not many people know about them and therefore employers might be a little bit confused when people are going to them with t—levels if they don't know what those actually mean. so tell us what are they and how do they compare with btecs? t—levels or technical levels are meant to be those skills equivalent to a—levels and if you get a distinction in your t—levels, that is the equivalent of three a's at a—level and gives you the same number of ucas points and you can go to university with t...

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In this week's budget, the chancellor will have the task of setting out more about how we get there, and key to his plans will be what the government is selling as a skills revolution. rishi sunak will announce £1.5 billion for t—levels in england for up to 100,000 young people to train for vocational qualifications. there will be £500 million for adult skills too and more than £800 million to revitalise colleges in england. the government argues the plans will give people the skills they need to get on in life. all students, whatever they are doing, whether it be technical education or a...

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? nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. well, earlier i spoke to grainne hallahan, who's a senior analyst at tes, formerly the times educational supplement. she welcomed any talk of new investment in skills and explains how the new system will work. t—levels or technical levels are meant to be those skills equivalent to a—levels and if you get a distinction in your t—levels, that is the equival...