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Sunak pledges to create 20,000 apprenticeships and cut red tape for small firms

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Rishi Sunak will pledge to create up to 20,000 more apprenticeships with plans to fully fund training for young people and cut red tape for small businesses.

The Prime Minister will set out a package of reforms he said “will unlock a tidal wave of opportunity” at a conference for small firms in Warwickshire on Monday.

Underpinned by £60 million of new investment for next year, the will pay the full cost of apprenticeships for under-21-year-olds in small businesses from

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