Letters from Anne Milton to the chairs of the Construction Industry Training Board and Engineering Construction Industry Training Board

FE News Editor July 10, 2017

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Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills Anne Milton writes to the chairs of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) confirming continuing government support.

Read her letter to Shirley Watson, Chair of the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board in full here.

Read her letter to James Wates, Chair of the Construction Industry Training Board in full here.

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Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram and CITB CEO Tim Balcon at The Vaults, a £22m development of apartments being built by housing association Torus in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle.

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