Government

Steph McGovern will host the UK's inaugural Vocational Celebration Day to highlight the celebrate vocational training.

The UK’s small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) are bracing themselves for further economic shocks in the pipeline and are already struggling to fund apprenticeships – which threatens the skills provision required to power growth.

As I am writing this, it is clear that winter is definitely on its way. As the air turns colder and there is the first frost on the ground, my diary has become packed with Christmas fayres and winter events across the constituency. It was lovely to attend the Cleckheaton Christmas Market and Lights Switch On and the Christmas Fayre at Mirfield Community Centre where there were an excellent range of stalls and activities – despite the typical British weather!