Far too many employers are unable to recruit highly skilled staff locally. I will continue to work alongside our schools and colleges to ensure skilled training and apprenticeships are available, to drive social mobility and attainment, making North Devon a great place to work and do business.
I note the calls of the Young European Movement for the Erasmus+ Programme to be reinstated in the UK. The Government has no plans to reinstate Erasmus and is instead delivering the innovative Turing Scheme.