Cuts to skills and FE funding will harm economy, says TUC
“There are few places where cuts are more damaging to our future economic strength than further education. By cutting investment in adult skills the government is pulling the rug from under the feet of British businesses that want to compete at the leading edge of the global economy.
26 February 2015
Commenting on details of future funding for adult further education and skills, confirmed in a letter today (Thursday) from the Secretary of State for Business Investment and Skills to the Skills Funding Agency, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:
“There are few places where cuts are more damaging to our future economic strength than further education. By cutting investment in adult skills the government is pulling the rug from under the feet of British businesses that want to compete at the leading edge of the global economy.
“What’s needed is really very simple – if we put the investment into skills and FE colleges today, we will have a stronger economy with better paid jobs tomorrow.”
NOTES TO EDITORS:
- The TUC is organising Fair Pay Fortnight 2015 between Monday 16 February and Sunday 1 March. The Fortnight is part of the TUC’s Britain Needs a Pay Rise campaign and will feature a series of events across England and Wales to raise awareness about low pay, pay inequality and the need for higher pay settlements in the public and private sector. For more information please visit www.fairpayfortnight.org
- All TUC press releases can be found at www.tuc.org.uk
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