RE: 50,000 apprenticeships. Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales is right to commit to a landmark investment in 50,000 new apprenticeships for young people in Wales over the next five years. 
These 50,000 extra apprenticeships can be funded with Wales’ share of the UK apprenticeships levy, which is worth £150 million each year. 
A Plaid Cymru government will be committed to ensuring no young person in Wales is not in education, employment and training while between the ages of 16 and 24, to improve prospects for the next generation. 
At the moment 12,200 young people between 16 and 18 years old in Wales – one in every 10 – are not in education, employment or training, which most people will agree is far too many. 
Apprenticeshipsoffer an equally valuable route into employment as university degrees, and Plaid is committed to securing parity of esteem between these two paths in future.
 
Jonathan T Clark
Plaid Cymru National Assembly candidate for Monmouth constituency
Newport