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Skills programme underfunded, report warns
Efforts by employers to train workers in readiness for an economic upturn are being thwarted by an "acute shortage" of funding in the Government's biggest skills programme, a report warned today.
Many firms could not start training any more staff on the Train for Gain scheme until at least next April, the Association of Learning Providers (ALP) said.
Many employers were not able to access new publicly funded training provision for an entire 12-month period at a critical time for the economy, the association warned.
The ALP said it was receiving regular reports from angry employers who were becoming "completely disillusioned" about seeking government support for their training programmes after being "wooed" by a multi million pound advertising campaign.
Sectors hit by the funding shortage included construction, engineering and childcare, said the report.
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