Peter
Dowd MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury,
commenting on reports from the NAO that the £200m in Libor fines the Tories pledged
to fund apprenticeships with has failed to materialise, said:
“This
is yet further evidence that you cannot trust a word a Tory Prime Minister
says. David Cameron made a clear promise in 2015 but today’s NAO report has
been unable to prove a single promised apprenticeship was in fact created. If
he does intend to deliver on David Cameron’s pledge, Philip Hammond must now
tell us how the £200m allocated to these specific apprenticeships will be
raised and how he intends to meet the growing £3bn blackhole in the nation’s
finances.
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