Labour candidates become first to sign Breaking Down Barriers Pledge
Labour candidates have become the first to back the Breaking Down Barriers Commission’s new Breaking Down Barriers Pledge.
The Pledge has been backed by Rt Hon Sir George Howarth MP, Labour MP for Knowsley; Cllr Shaun Davies, Leader of the Local Government Association Labour Group and Candidate for Telford, and Michelle Scrogham, Labour’s candidate for Barrow and Furness in Cumbria, and many more.
I’ve seen first hand the barriers to opportunity, I was proudly brought up in a council home, the first to go to uni in my family, working in law and now in politics, I see the barriers that hold back young people from my background & other backgrounds- lets smash them down. https://t.co/fJdWBKz8OA
— Shaun Davies - Standing Up for Telford (@CllrShaunDavies) February 7, 2024
The Pledge has been established by Nick Forbes, a former Labour Council Leader who attended Keir Starmer’s Shadow Cabinet from 2020 to 2022 as part of the Breaking Down Barriers Commission.
The Commission is asking all candidates to make their pledge to do all they can do break down the barriers to opportunity in their local communities in three ways:
1) Supporting local schools, colleges and universities to deliver quality careers advice and mentoring.
2) Working with local businesses and employers to partner with schools and colleges to provide work experience and apprenticeship opportunities.
3) Providing young people from disadvantaged background with work experience or apprenticeship opportunities in their constituency or Westminster office, should they be elected.
The Commission works to shape the role that businesses and organisations can play as responsible parts of society for their customers, colleagues and in local communities, and works with organisations such as the BBC, UK Power Networks, bp, Virgin Money, Co-op Group, Travelodge, Centrica, Leonardo, Sodexo, Pennon Group, Channel 4, Reed, Hitachi, Reed, Royal Mail, E.ON, NHS Trusts, Councils and Universities amongst others.
Find out more at breakingdownbarrierscommission.co.uk
