Building an Apprenticeships and Skills Nation 🪜

It's fantastic to see #apprenticeships being championed across all levels of the workforce. These initiatives are exactly what we need to get the UK workforce moving in the right direction. Robert Halfon MP ➡️Working Hard for Harlow⬅️ Apprenticeships

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Great to speak to LBC LBCNews Charlotte Sullivan today about my decision to step down as the MP for #Harlow at the next election. It has been the honour of my life to be Harlow’s longest serving MP! My thanks to Harlow residents for their kindness over the last few weeks 🙏👂🎧

Today, the basic state pension will increase by £900 as part of the Triple Lock guarantee.

We will always back British pensioners.

Today the first stage of the country’s largest expansion in childcare begins.

Thousands of working parents of two-year-olds are now able to access 15 hours a week of government-funded childcare.

Here’s how it works 👇

.Robert Halfon MP ➡️Working Hard for Harlow⬅️'s legacy may outlast anything Sunak leaves behind:
- getting the Tories to accept a national minimum wage (and enhance it via a national living wage)
- freezing fuel duty
- Degree Apprenticeships and lifelong learning

Great to be out in Harlow this morning with Robert Halfon MP ➡️Working Hard for Harlow⬅️ and the team from Harlow constituency. Lots of people wanting to speak to Rob and thank him for what he has done for the town.

🗞️This week's FE Week front page:

‘I did all I could’
Robert Halfon reveals why he suddenly quit 'the best job in government'

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#TomorrowsPapersToday

In one of his final acts as Minister, Robert Halfon MP ➡️Working Hard for Harlow⬅️ spoke to our #AskAtticus event about his work as Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education.

He outlined his vision for a culture that celebrates apprenticeships and protecting the #apprenticeship levy

Congratulations to Luke Hall MP - you’ve got the best job in Govt! Wish you every success in your new role at a very exciting time for skills, apprenticeships and higher education! ⭐️🪜💪

Rishi Sunak Political life, while fulfilling, has its ups and downs. At these times, I read J.R.R. Tolkien both as a great source of comfort, but also for some good advice. As I move towards stepping down at the General Election, I am reminded of what Gandalf said to Frodo Baggins after the…

Thank you for all your hard work, Rob.

You are a brilliant colleague and friend, and I will miss working so closely with you.

I know whatever you choose to do next, you will bring the same passion and dedication you’ve given to your constituents and people across the country.

Deeply honoured to receive this from Secretary of State Gillian Keegan MP who is not just an apprenticeships trailblazer, but a great boss. I look forward to supporting her and the Department for Education ministerial team wholeheartedly from the backbenches. 👇

From 'bloodied knees' to the House of Commons goo.gl/tQt69t