
Robert Halfon
@rthonrobhalfon
Former Harlow MP (2010-24), Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships & HE (2022-24), Education Committee Chair (2017-22), Minister for Skills (2016-17). 🪜🇬🇧🇺🇦
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A great proponent of skills & the dignity of work. R.I.P Pope Leo XIV 👉 "It is necessary to reiterate the need for educational processes that enable young people to develop skills & acquire the tools needed to seize the opportunities offered by the Fourth Industrial Revolution..."




Some good news on funding for T levels & focused employer support fund. Glad Department for Education Jacqui Smith is committed to them 👇


Happy St George's Day. Proud to be 🏴 & 🇬🇧. Remembering happy campaigning days in Harlow in 2010, alongside former MP Mark Prisk


Crossed the finish line TCS London Marathon today. It wasn’t easy, but thinking of the work Samaritans do kept me going. Thank you to everyone who supported.


Dear Members of the The Pulitzer Prizes board, My name is Emily Damari. I was held hostage in Gaza for over 500 days. On the morning of October 7, I was at home in my small studio apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas terrorists burst in, shot me and dragged me across the border

#OnThisDay in 1945 Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared 8th May as Victory in Europe Day. Later today we will mark the 80th anniversary of #VEDay at the National Memorial Arboretum. Follow us throughout the day as we pay tribute to the Second World War generation.



Today, an antisemite walked up to a Jewish home in one of London’s most Jewish areas, pulled out a knife, and tore the mezuzah off the door. Still think this is “just about Israel”? Once again in Europe, Jews are being attacked at our homes and pushed to the margins of society.



🎙️This afternoon, our Apprenticeships and Skills Director Robert Halfon appeared on BBC Radio Four's World at One with Jonny Diamond. 💬 They discussed Robert's time in Government, his work at the Jobs Foundation, and the potential solutions to the UK's NEET crisis. ⬇️ You




Bad news on Department for Education cutting funding for Level 7 apprenticeships. It will damage the prestige of apprenticeships, impact on lifelong learning and progression and the 🪜of opportunity. 👉 feweek.co.uk/level-7-appren…