Yesterday I launched the Conservatives policy on apprenticeships and vocational training.

After months of reading and hearing ??in some parts of the media that the Conservatives are superficial because they do not set out well considered policies, it came as no surprise to find the media unwilling to report or analyse a serious piece of work on the current problems with our vocational training system. Unlike Mr Blair I make no complaint about the media’s refusal to follow it. I take is as a sign that we did not make any obvious mistake in our analysis and policy. If we had done a bad job ??I am sure you would?? now know all about it. We have our own means of communicating the message, in Commons speeches, on websites, and ??in newsletters we write and publish ourselves.

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Those who are interested can see the full text on our website <a href="http://www.competitivechallenge.com/">www.competitivechallenge.com</a>. I will post the press release on this website today.

The kernel of our approach is to cut the bureaucracy by removing the Learning and Skills Council, so we can spend?? more of the money on the training itself. We will give more weight to student choice and employer need in awarding money to individuals seeking training or apprenticeships. Under the present regime far too many people drop out of courses, there are too few qualifying for a Level 3 technical qualification, and too few apprenticeships take place in the workplace. Our new system we think will make improvements in all these areas.

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