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	Learning & skills policy\|Government Policy TUC Policy Skills Pledge Publications Subject Search term Advanced search We can alert you by email about anything new in your chosen subjects. Register your interests now.	Skills for Growth: the National Skills Strategy The Government published its Skills White Paper – Skills for Growth – on 11th November and subsequently released the detailed skills funding plans for the next financial year. The TUC welcomed the broad thrust of the White Paper and in particular the focus on strengthening the apprenticeships route further whilst also maintaining investment in key skills entitlements (e.g. Skills for Life, Level 2 entitlement and Level 3 entitlement for young people). However, the TUC also highlighted that achieving the goals set out in the White Paper would require a ‘genuine commitment from businesses to invest in staff training' and a renewed focus by Government on the third of employers that currently provide no training. 25.11.2009 Download PDF file (174,809 bytes) PDF, or Portable Document Format preserves exactly the original appearance of the document, and can be viewed by anyone using a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader free, or find out more about it on Adobe's website. Return to web page version. top of page Email this page to a colleague
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