Premier League and Channel 4 to train teenagers in Labour’s £45m work drive
by Pippa Crerar Political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6SG7N)
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Teenagers will get skills training at the Premier League, Royal Shakespeare Company and Channel 4 as part of a government drive to get hundreds of thousands into jobs or education and make sure no young person is left behind".
Some of Britain's biggest cultural and sporting institutions will provide work or training opportunities as part of a 45m trailblazer" scheme across eight English regions, including Liverpool, Tees Valley and the East Midlands.
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