Rt Hon Anne Milton
@AnneMilton
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I wrote to the PM yesterday to tell him I felt unable to be a Conservative Candidate. I have considered very carefully what is best to do and will stand as an Independent Candidate at the next General Election. #AnnesStillStanding
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Having abstained in the vote last week, today I have resigned from the Government. It has been an honour to serve on the Conservative frontbenches, my thanks to everyone I have had the pleasure of working alongside.
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It is with great regret, much consideration and a heavy heart that I voted against the Government Whip tonight. A message to my constituents:
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Tens of thousands of young people will get their BTEC results yet BTECs get almost no mention. They will often be the young poeple that go into health, social care, construction and engineering.
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The Loan Charge is having a very real impact on my constituents. It is disappointing that Ministers appear not to be listening to the concerns of MPs from both sides of the House.
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I understand the PM supported calls for an independent review into the Loan Charge during his campaign. Several constituents have had personal experience of the LC and I have written to the Chancellor and the PM to ask whether the Government will support this review.
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I was disappointed that Treasury Questions were postponed this week due to Parliament being prorogued. On Monday, I wrote to @sajidjavid and @BorisJohnson to put some urgent questions to them regarding the Loan Charge.
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My very grateful thanks to all those who have supported me over the last 14 years - it’s been an honour and a privilege. Huge thanks also to the fantastic volunteers and supporters who have helped out with the campaign over the last few weeks. #LetsGetChristmasDone.
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Finishing touches on my campaign plan and been overwhelmed by the support that is pouring in from people keen to have an Independent MP for Guildford. Very many thanks to all those who have pledged their support and help
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I am equally lost - and what happened to washing hands. ?.
Got to be honest, I've no idea what Government guidance is on anything any more. Masks. Distancing. Numbers of friends you can meet. When and where you can meet them. Going back to work. None of it. Clear Ministers have basically given up on trying to agree a coherent line.
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Someone told me that an apprenticeship is about learning to do good job well. The apprentices I have met this week have demonstrated exactly that - well done to them all! #NAW2018.
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Much sympathy for @Sandbach - it is surely not right to see someone who voted for a deal to leave the EU on 3 occasions and has always discharged her duties as an MP with integrity and honesty facing a situation such as this.
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The retrospective nature of the Loan Charge must be scrapped!.
The Loan Charge is having a very real impact on my constituents. It is disappointing that Ministers appear not to be listening to the concerns of MPs from both sides of the House.
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All children will need to catch up. Yet again 16-18 year olds are denied the funding they need. Equal opportunity for all children will get this country back on its feet. Warm words don’t cut it unless backed up by funding.
On @Channel4News this evening, @AoCDavidH made clear that young people in colleges deserve the same funding for catch up that their peers in schools. 700,000 of the million 16 to 18 year olds study in college. any scheme that ignores them is doomed to fail.
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Its national numberacy day so test how good you are at numbers. It’s never too late to improve your skills #nationalnumeracyday.
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There are very few things that could persuade me to go back on Twitter but #FEWeekAAC20 is the one! My very grateful thanks to @AELPUK @FEWeek for the honour of receiving an award last night but also to all the organisations that change lives through training and education.
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Yesterday's events in the House were unacceptable, if we don't do something to change this we are putting our Parliamentary democracy at threat.
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At the start of National Apprenticeship Week really looking forward to meeting some of the apprentices @NWAmbulance #NAW2019 #BlazeATrail.
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People are fed up with party political squabbling that has left our country in limbo. Standing as an independent to give people a choice - experienced and moderate.
Big piece by @johnharris1969: are liberal, remainer #Tory heartlands, like #Guildford being fought by @AnneMilton as an independent, moving permanently away from them? Cameron’s modernisers spoke to their values, #Boris & the #ERG’s hard Bre*it doesn’t
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Cycling this morning and a proud father shouted out of his window at me to let me know that his daughter has got an apprenticeship - so good to hear! Apprenticeships giving a young person a chance to get on in life.
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There is a clear correlation between good education and good health, surely now is the time to give further education the long-term funding it needs. @GavinWilliamson @tes @tesfenews @FEWeek
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Spot on. There are often warm words spoken about vocational qualifications but also vague feeling that people don’t think they are ‘for me or my family’. Tough to shift the intellectually snobbery but we must - these young people and adults will give us the skills we need.
"People only talk about A Levels when more are taking quals like #BTECs. They have a practical focus on getting people into work but are also used to go onto Higher Education. There is a definitely snobbery we need to overcome in this country" - @AoCDavidH live on @thismorning.
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There is no place for party politics in a skills led recovery. We have fantastic FE Collleges and independent training providers standing ready - and we need Government to move fast @AoC_info @AELPUK.
There is genuine cross party support for our #SkillsLedRecovery plan. We have Tory and Labour MPs and Mayors, and LEPs from Newquay to Newcastle calling for the prioritisation of skills, education and training to avoid the mistakes of past recessions.
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It was a huge honour to be asked to open the new A&E Department at @RoyalSurrey - my grateful thanks to all the dedicated staff that work so hard to keep the hospital going 24/7, 365 days per year:
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Love Colleges - love training providers - love everyone in FE - always! They are so committed and do so much to help young people and adults get on the path to a job and career @AoC_info @AELPUK.
It's not too late to get involved in this year's #CollegesWeek. Check out our updated website where you'll find a range of useful resources to help you get started: #LoveOurColleges
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What a fabulous evening last night #AppAwards18. Fantastic apprentices, incredible commitment from employers and none of it possible without all our brilliant training providers. Great to see @FEWeek out in force!@Apprenticeships
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The World Skills team is off! Representing the UK on the world stage they are an Inspiration to us all.
.@AnneMilton supporting #TeamUK and championing the next generation at @worldskillsuk today: “Competing 🏆at this level is no mean feat. My congratulations to all competitors, employers, trainers and families for what you have done and what you’re about to do.”
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A fantastic result and a huge well done to all who have worked so hard to compete at this level.
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If you have not heard of @worldskillsuk then have a look. An extraordinary group of young people with extraordinary skills competing on the world stage.
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Great to talk to @FEWeek about my time as a Minister,the amazing work of FE Colleges,the hundreds of inspiring people I met and the great opportunities for people of all ages. Forever grateful to those in @educationgovuk - committed to making sure everyone has a chance in life.
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Extremely disappointing that Network Rail have cancelled their meeting with me for a second time today. However, the list of things to discuss grows longer. @networkrail @SW_Railway.
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Women apprentices in construction making their mark! Fantastic apprenticeship provision @LeicesterColl - thank you for all you do. Wonderful to be greeted by such enthusiastic and committed staff.
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Vocational qualifications matter! The first steps on a path towards jobs, apprenticeships and other training and education opportunities. @CityGuildsGroup @Pearson_UK @AELPUK @AoC_info.
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Such a joy to have Oge in my office for work experience this week. I hope you found the visit useful and it was great to meet you! @stcatsbramley
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@WSUKLIVE listening to our amazing young apprenticeship ambassadors. Amazing progress in a year extending their numbers to 564. Amazing young people changing hearts and minds #apprenticeships
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Yet another accident on Friday! . Guildford needs an experienced, Independent MP who isn’t scared to fight the Government for the money needed to fix the problems created by the A3!
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@HelenGrantMP @Helen_Whately @TomTugendhat @tracey_crouch showing the way! Brilliant opportunities - brilliant apprenticeships.
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Drying out in the pub! People are really fed up with political parties bickering and want politics done in a different way.
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Flowers bring a smile - rain hasn’t yet got the better of the wisteria.
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If the reaction we’re seeing on the street is reflected in the polls on Thursday then Guildford and Cranleigh are going to get an Independent MP!
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A privilege to be asked to open the new Emergency Dept and meet all those involved. @RoyalSurrey have done a brilliant job achieving this rebuild whilst continuing to give the very best care to local people.
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Thanks to @awardingbodies @TomBewick for inviting me to your conference today. An incredibly upbeat atmosphere! Qualifications open doors and your work is invaluable to making that happen.
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@LeedsHospitals @leedsbeckett @UniversityLeeds doing a phenomenal job building their apprenticeship programme. Great to meet the nurse apprentices taking up nursing as a second career.
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So interesting to meet @WASPI_Campaign to discuss their long-running fight against the way the state pension age was equalised. I look forward to hearing back from the PM after he has re-looked at this as promised:
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Words fail me. The need to make this decision should surely not come as a surprise and shouldn’t require thousands having to sign petitions!!.
Amazing numbers signing this overnight - up close to 50,000 now - shows how important it is for @educationgovuk @GillianKeegan to review decision urgently this morning & call off these exams (which start tomorrow)
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This sort of misplaced, outdated snobbery needs tackling at every opportunity - well done @worldskillsuk.
74% of young people told us they think snobbery still exists around apprenticeships and technical education, which is why we're tackling vocational snobbery head on by proudly promoting the benefits of technical careers
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I have seen some absurd things in my time but this is truly absurd!.
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Fed up with party political bickering? .Here is why people across Guildford are supporting Anne Milton in this Election. #ImWithAnne 🗳
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Not only do apprenticeships change people’s lives - they give businesses the skilled work force they need. Time and time again I heard business leaders say that success in their business was down to the apprentices they employed.
“The apprenticeship has improved everything in my life," says Morgan Wardle in @thesundaytimes. Supported by grade 1 @Ixionholdings, Morgan did a traineeship and is now an apprentice at @The_Banks_Group - more here:
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There should be no parking charges at Newlands Corner - we should all be free to enjoy the countryside 🌳
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Colleges give people a chance to learn the skills the country needs and gives many a 2nd or 3rd chance in education and training. Colleges need the funding that reflects the critical role they play in building the economy. @AoC_info @AoCDavidH #MindTheSkillsGap.
@YouGov @MattWestern_ @MargaretFerrier This is just the start of more campaigning for fair FE funding, a joined up national skills strategy and proper access to lifelong learning. Join in the conversation and keep momentum going using #MindTheSkillsGap.
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An honour to talk to nursing staff and students in the House of Commons yesterday and to discuss training and apprenticeships for nurses. Thank you to the Royal College of Nursing for inviting me to talk - as I said yesterday ‘once a nurse, always a nurse!’
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Its rather stating the obvious but if education and training is a priority for Gov levels of pay for those that teach needs to be at equal levels post 16 irrespective of the institution in which it takes place @AoC_info @AoCDavidH @AELPUK.
“Poor pay is now holding back colleges from offering training and skills because they cannot recruit and retain people to teach" - @AoCDavidH in today’s article by the @Guardian as teaching unions in England begin talks with government. Read more here:
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Give me strength!.
Jenny Harries insisted it would be obvious that the callers aren't scammers as they will sound. "professional" 🤦♀️
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Have just had a similar reaction in Guildford High Street! Thank you!!.
‘If she doesn’t wipe the board round here, there’s something wrong with this place’ a man just said to me in #Cranleigh @AnneMilton #imwithanne
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Apprenticeships are truly amazing! I have heard hundreds of inspiring - often moving stories - from both apprentices and their employers. Thanks go not only to the employers but also to @AELPUK and @AoC_info without whom the training wouldn’t be possible.
Mike Goodall, Development manager @fsb_policy chats about why now might be the perfect time to think about apprenticeships. "After all, they benefit both the individual apprentice and their employer".
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Train delays still causing problems. Correspondence with @swtrains_watch @SW_Railway continues as we wait - with patience being stretched - for noticeable improvements.
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Good luck - you will do us all proud!.
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My thanks again to @RGSGuildford, especially Josh, for organising a great discussion last week and also to @GuildfordHigh @TormeadSchool @gabbot_news and @GodalmingColl for coming along - hope I haven’t missed anyone out!
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Inspiring day meeting apprentices and seeing the fantastic work being done @HarlowCollege. Hugely positive and active support for apprenticeships from their great MP @halfon4harlowMP
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So good to be with @festival_learn celebration at the House of Commons. Learning can change your life whatever your age. Thank to @FEWeek for supporting this fantastic event.
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Great to be with over 200 trailblazing employers at @IFAteched organised event. Fantastic to hear an employer talk about their apprentices and how they have captured the talents of people from much more diverse backgrounds including those leaving care.
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Cameron has remained strong throughout the debate, only one leader worthy to be Prime Minister #leadersdebate.
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Great to see @BBCBreakfast covering the role BTECs play - and talking to someone who is the best in the world - fantastic!.
Excellent to see Haydn wearing his Team UK uniform and @WorldSkills Gold Medal with pride on @BBCBreakfast this morning! Haydn explained how his BTEC helped with his incredible success of being crowned the best in Aircraft Maintenance in the world! . #ResultsDay #BBCBreakfast
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National Spelling Day is coming up soon! National Numeracy Day - take the test, see how good you are at numbers! #NationalNumeracyDay.
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Fantastic event with @UKHofficial celebrating the apprentices and their employers in hospitality. Great to learn about brewing apprenticeships. #NAW2019 #BlazeATrail
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Out on site with apprentices leading the way! Many thanks to @wessexwater for their time. A brilliant example of what employers can do to bring on a skilled work force and give so many young and older people a chance of a great career #BlazeATrail #NAW2019
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It’s incredibly frustrating. Despite warm words BTECs and other vocational qualifications are irritatingly always an after thought @AoCDavidH @RampersaudCindy @AoC_info @cityandguilds.
It’s not safe to go to school and we’re all supposed to act as if we have the virus - except BTEC students, who are told, via Twitter, that they must still attend exams this week. via @spectator.
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What fabulous work is going on @sdcollege! Apprentices cooked and served breakfast, huge turnout from local business and all to hear about the amazing opportunities for employers who hire an apprentice. #NAW2019 #BlazeATrail
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Over many years there has been talk about the need for a skilled work force but this turns words into reality.
🎉 Very exciting news alert! 🎉 . We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence, in partnership with @NCFE. The Centre will help to mainstream excellence in skills development. Find out more at
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Huge range of apprenticeships @NWAmbulance - IT, finance and paramedical services to name but a few. Incredible enthusiasm and energy from those changing careers, starting out on a career and upskilling to get new opportunities @CGreenUK #NAW2019 #BlazeATrail
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The Government's repetition about obeying the law gives me the impression it is trying to dodge something. At what stage will the Prime Minister ask the EU for an extension?
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Great to have time to spend with researchers working towards improving cancer care @healthscisurrey @UniOfSurrey
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At National Gallery. Changing things for female apprentices in engineering @Metcalfe_SBET @YoEgovuk #NAW2018
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Many thanks for everyone’s time today especially the careers leaders, the fabulous students and staff so encouraging to see the great progress being made through the Careers Hub!.
It is fantastic to show @AnneMilton MP, the progress made by the #CareersStrategy in the West of England Careers Hub, the Careers Leader experience, and how this role supports careers education
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Well done to all @Kings_Guildford for their much deserved ‘Good’ rating from Ofsted - amazing progress! I was privileged to see a preview of Macbeth (showing on Thursday evening) and definitely not to be missed - you will be blown away by the performances!
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A rather scary looking visitor to my garden this afternoon - we kept our distance!
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During my time in politics I met hundreds of people from all walks of life but the true privilege came from meeting young people like this. Inspirational in so many ways @worldskillsuk @DrNeilB.
"It’s been unbelievable, I’ve learned organisation, how to work as part of a team as well as increasing my technical skills levels". Callum, who competed in Painting & Decorating at @WorldSkills Kazan last year, shares his story.
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Wonderful to be at Stoke Park with Cllr Searle and officers from GBC to celebrate Stoke Park’s nomination for Best Park in the UK!
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Huge thanks to @CornwallCouncil for their hospitality. A really interesting round table with all the apprentices - and well done to all those who have done so much to make the apprenticeship programme such a success
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@norwichcollege teaching our next generation of young and older skilled workers - another @worldskillsuk winner maybe!
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Whatever political party people normally vote for now is the time to have MPs who put their constituents first.
Quote on the doorstep today #cranleigh I’ve already voted for @AnneMilton ‘she’s the only one prepared to put us before party politics, I’m sick of it!’.
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Great hear such enthusiasm from apprentices working in engineering local companies in Gloucester @RichardGrahamUK #NAW2018
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97% of businesses in Guildford are small businesses. What progress has the Government made to make sure that employers can use the apprenticeship levy to build the skilled workforce this country desperately needs? @andrealeadsom
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Well said @AoCDavidH.
Big up the #BTECs!. 'There's a definite snobbery we need to overcome in this country', says @AoC_info's @AoCDavidH. Watch more 👉
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With my friend Shirley at the reception following the service to mark the Freedom Parade for the 2nd Battalion The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment. Always very moving and an opportunity for the town to say thank you @rhqpwrr
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