Part 04 of 08 · Work & business
Employment and entrepreneurship
Skills that earn. Businesses that last.
Connect training to paid experience, real customers and safer working conditions.
What we will do
Three practical steps
A tailoring course is a start. Practice, reliable tools and paying customers help turn that skill into a living.
- Gain a skill
- Get experience
- Build earnings
Learn through paid work
Develop apprenticeships with a supervisor, an agreed skill and safe conditions.
Help businesses operate
Offer practical support with records, product quality, registration and finding customers.
Measure real results
Track earnings, work that lasts and businesses still trading, not just enrolment numbers.
From the full programme
Delivery safeguards and conditions
Every placement has terms
An agreement, a supervisor, an assessed skill, safe conditions and a defined public contribution.
Pay suppliers on time
Our payment commitment: within 30 days of a valid invoice on new, properly funded contracts.
Honest counting
Enrolments, completions, placements and work retained at six and twelve months reported separately.
Sport and culture
Usable community facilities and transparent small-grant competitions, never dependent on performing for a party.
How to judge progress
Check the result
- Were placements paid?
- Is work continuing?
- Are supported businesses still serving customers?
2031 delivery target
Paid apprenticeship placements assessed
- Target
- up to 20,000
A five-year pathway of up to 20,000 placements will be assessed. Placements, not a guarantee of permanent jobs.
Source: manifesto p.36Full chapter in the manifesto: pp.36, 37.