- Local Rother Valley MP championed flexi job apprenticeships in Parliament, saying they will bring 'life changing opportunities to key sectors in Rother Valley
Alexander Stafford, local MP for Rother Valley, asked the Chancellor, The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, to confirm that his newly-announced flexi job apprenticeship schemes would deliver high-end manufacturing jobs to his Rother Valley constituency.
A former industrial seat, Rother Valley's local economy continues to be driven by manufacturing. Chancellor's new apprenticeship schemes would allow young people in Rother Valley to gain experience in a valuable sector whilst learning a trade, thereby giving them the best chance at succeeding in a very competitive field and obtaining a good job.