How government messes everythign up: Part 92

This is worth a read over at The Economist ( sorry can't determine if its behind their pay wall I hope it isn't ).

The article explains how government interference in Apprenticeships has made it virtually impossible for small companies to offer them in the UK.

This is perhaps as much the civil services fault as the last Labour government.

It just shows how government when trying to help often ends up destroying.

As Ronald Reagan used to say the most feared words in the English language are "I'm from the government and I'm hearhere to help".

Labour con of the day

Now I know you might think that when I mention con I mean convict and by implication Labour MPs, but I think the following action by the government itself constitutes a con.

Apparently only 2% of the "Apprenticeships" being offered by the civil service ( and surely to appear on the long list of tractor production statistics that Gordon Brown loves sapping peoples will to live with ) are given to people who aren't already civil servants.

Its the old re badging con again !