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A bricklaying apprentice from East Yorkshire has been named as one of the best trainees in the region after taking one of the top spots in a prestigious construction skills competition. Alec White is ...

Training for bricklayers and carpenters will play a key part of 120,000 new apprenticeships funded as part of the government’s £3bn budget to hand skills “across the workforce to rebuild Britain”.

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Funded apprenticeships will be made available to only 16 to 21-year-olds from January 2026. (Getty) The government is to axe funding for over-21s studying master's-level apprenticeships, instead ...