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£350m Regional Boost for Skills Training

The Government has announced a £350m boost to help train staff at small businesses in the North East.
Nick Brown said: “There is no doubt that staff training makes business succeed and that is why I am delighted that we have been able to announce these new measures.”
Full story in the Northern Echo here.

David and the Georgians

Serious-minded MPs stay out of the silly season by going on holiday, nurturing the constituency or clearing off to the Edinburgh Festival. That’s what I was doing until I picked up the Sunday Times. Normally I throw the paper away and keep the Culture section but, being on holiday, I read David Cameron’s article about [...]