# Create 100,000 more apprenticeships

> “North West Essex MP and Leader of the Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has pledged that the next Conservative Government will create 100,000 more apprenticeships as A-Level, T-Level and vocational students across North West Essex receive their results.”
>
> — Kemi Badenoch, Leader of the Opposition, Conservative Party; News release on her website, 13 August 2026

- **Status:** Promised
- **Status ladder:** Promised → In plan → Legislated → Funded → Delivering → Delivered
- **Policy area:** [Education](https://ledgergov.uk/promises/area/education)
- **Speaker:** [Kemi Badenoch](https://ledgergov.uk/actor/kemi-badenoch), Leader of the Opposition
- **Party:** [Conservative Party](https://ledgergov.uk/actor/conservatives)
- **Made on:** 13 August 2026
- **Where:** News release on her website
- **Cost a year:** No costing published
- **Who it affects:** 18 to 21-year-olds; employers would get up to £5,000 for every British apprentice they hire
- **When:** Not stated ("the next Conservative Government")
- **Paid for by:** Not stated when it was announced
- **Quote source:** https://www.kemibadenoch.org.uk/news/local-mp-pledges-more-apprenticeships-students-receive-results (checked word for word at its source on 20 October 2026; Quoted for reporting; rights stay with the publisher)
- **Last updated:** 20 October 2026
- **Card:** https://ledgergov.uk/promise/uk-con-100000-apprenticeships-2026

## Where it stands

The Conservatives are not in government, so the card stays at Promised. The release says the apprenticeships are for 18 to 21-year-olds, created by lifting funding caps and giving employers up to £5,000 for every British apprentice they hire, under the party's New Deal for Young People. It calls the plan fully funded but does not say where the money would come from.

## Timeline

- 13 August 2026, Promised: Kemi Badenoch pledges that the next Conservative Government will create 100,000 more apprenticeships

## About the cost

No cost has been published.

## Sources

- [Kemi Badenoch: Local MP pledges more apprenticeships as students receive results (13 Aug 2026)](https://www.kemibadenoch.org.uk/news/local-mp-pledges-more-apprenticeships-students-receive-results)

## Checks

- Checked automatically by AI Journalist, not yet verified by an editor.
- Checked by AI Journalist (automated) on 20 October 2026.

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