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Labour 'would create 100,000 apprenticeships' pledge Labour's prosperity pledges for election campaign
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Labour will create 100,000 apprentice placements if it wins May's assembly elections, the first minister will say on Monday. Labour has made six promises to boost prosperity and opportunity if it wins the assembly election.
Carwyn Jones will make the announcement during a visit to the Airbus plant in Broughton, Flintshire. First Minister Carwyn Jones visited the Airbus plant in Flintshire on Monday to highlight a pledge to create 100,000 new apprenticeships.
Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew RT Davies AM, described the pledge as "fantasy economics". School standards, new NHS treatments and help for parents and older people were among the other promises.
Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies described the apprenticeships pledge as "fantasy economics".
Last month, Plaid Cymru said it would create 50,000 placements.Last month, Plaid Cymru said it would create 50,000 placements.
The apprenticeships being announced by Mr Jones would be open to all age groups, but there will be a specific focus on 16 to 18-year-olds, he will say. Mr Jones said Labour was offering "a helping hand for parents, breathing space for small business, continuing improvement in schools, the latest treatments for the sick and fairness for the older generation".
Mr Jones said: "This will also help us support the regional economies of Wales, ensuring we have the skills to meet the demand of major infrastructure projects at Wylfa and the [south Wales] Metro by creating apprenticeships in the areas of greatest need. The six Labour promises include:
"Our pledge is to create high-quality apprenticeships that match the growing skills needs of our businesses and support our economy to flourish." "In 2011, I promised the people of Wales a decade of delivery," he said.
But Mr Davies dismissed the plans. He said: "Once again this is fantasy economics from Labour, and you can't take Carwyn at his word on apprenticeships when just last year they cut 5,000 places. "I said that despite the record cuts to our budget, we would fulfil the promises we made to steer the country through tough times.
"We are half way through that journey and on the promises we made in the last election, we did deliver.
"Today I set out six new promises. Welsh Labour's pledges to the people of Wales."
Responding for the Conservatives, Mr Davies said: "Once again this is fantasy economics from Labour.
"You can't take Carwyn at his word on apprenticeships when just last year they cut 5,000 places.
"The Welsh economy needs new ideas, not old Labour, and the reality is that 17 years of Labour policies have seen Wales stagnate - with Welsh workers enduring the lowest take home pay in the UK.""The Welsh economy needs new ideas, not old Labour, and the reality is that 17 years of Labour policies have seen Wales stagnate - with Welsh workers enduring the lowest take home pay in the UK."