Apprenticeships Question No: 2551 / 2012 Andrew Dismore In July 2011 you announced 28,000 apprenticeships had been created. In February 2012 you announced the figure was now 54,000. At July MQT you said, “The figures are publicly available. In due course they will be on the expanded London Datastore.” Can you explain where the figures of 28,000 and 54,000 apprenticeships […]
Read moreEconomic Recovery Action Plan Question No: 2549 / 2012 Andrew Dismore Why have you not created a new Economic Recovery Action Plan, given we have been in recession for the past 3 quarters? Written response from the Mayor I was elected on my pledge to create 200,000 jobs over the next fours years, for which my officers have developed a […]
Read moreMayor Boris Johnson today came under calls to deliver on the Olympic legacy and tackle long term unemployment and youth unemployment in the capital. The latest figures released on Wednesday show that long-term youth unemployment (aged 18-24) in the capital has risen from 1,810 to 7,705 between July 2011 and July 2012. They also reveal that long-term unemployment (aged 25 […]
Read moreMayor Boris Johnson today came under calls to deliver on the Olympic legacy and tackle long term unemployment and youth unemployment in the capital. The latest figures released on Wednesday show that long-term youth unemployment (aged 18-24) in the capital has risen from 1,810 to 7,705 between July 2011 and July 2012. They also reveal that long-term unemployment (aged 25 […]
Read moreLabour Assembly Member Andrew Dismore is calling for Boris Johnson to reveal how many businesses the Mayor’s office has contacted as part of the Mayors own pledge to secure places for apprentices from 1,000 business. This weekend’s closing ceremony coincides with the 100 day mark of Conservative Mayor Boris Johnson’s re-election. The theme for London2012 is the concept of using […]
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