LibDems promise to double apprenticeships
Vince Cable has pledged to double the number of apprenticeships available to young people.
Election 2015: These are the party manifesto giveaways, gimmicks and gambles
Polls show knife-edge election so Labour, Conservative and others woo voters with big pledges.
Ed Balls: Labour will slash business rates for 1.5 million small firms in 'fairer tax' move
Balls is also expected to reveal that Labour would reverse the government's corporation tax cut.
Election 2015: What Labour, Conservatives and the other parties are promising British voters
As the general election campaign gets under way, here are the parties' key policy pledges.
Chuka Umunna interview: Labour's business star talks skills, apprenticeships and diversity
Exclusive: Labour's shadow business secretary talked with IBTimes UK in Birmingham.
Margareta Pagano: Twiggy and Dr Ros Altmann are right, older workers are vital to our economy
We need to shatter social stereotypes that demean the role of people over 50 and what they can offer.
Newcastle upon Tyne: Subway advert for apprentice sandwich artist slammed as 'disgraceful'
People shocked at the £2.73 hourly pay rate for the sandwich maker apprentice job.
BT announces 1,000 new positions for apprentices and graduates in 2015
It will also create a further 1,000 work experience placements in 2015/16
Labour's Ed Miliband attempts to win over manufacturing and engineering firms
The Labour leader spoke at the 2015 EEF National Manufacturing Conference.
Ed Miliband announces Labour pledge to guarantee apprenticeships for 18-year-olds
Labour leader uses West Midlands speech to announce plan to create more apprenticeships.
Lord Digby Jones interview: Former minister talks Ed Miliband, the EU, business and politics
Exclusive: IBTimes UK spoke to the former director-general of the CBI.
Virgin Media to plough £3bn into broadband in 'biggest UK internet investment for a decade'
The project will create 6,000 jobs and benefit the UK economy by £8bn.
Labour to press government on NHS funding with opposition day debate
Chris Leslie claims the NHS is 'in crisis' under the Tories as we head toward the general election.
General election poll 2015: Labour to be biggest party but short of Commons majority
Latest analysis of the opinion polls shows Labour will win 282 seats at the election.
General election 2015: David Cameron promises to slash benefit cap by £3,000
Cameron says a Tory government would make the move to get people on benefits 'back into work'.
US President Barack Obama's State of the Union address in full
Obama delivers his sixth and penultimate annual State of the Union address to Congress.
David Cameron to make 'full employment' pledge and bids to woo small businesses
The Prime Minister is expected to announce more Conservative manifesto commitments.
Youth unemployment in England could rise under new apprenticeship plans, charity chief warns
Exclusive: Michael Mercieca, of Young Enterprise, says he supports the move 'in principle'.
What we learnt from Ed Miliband's 2015 General Election campaign speech
IBTimes UK takes at the look at some of the main themes from the Labour leader's Salford speech.
UK Jobs growth: 50% of firms plan to hire more workers in 2015, says CBI
But the CBI warns that the nation's skills shortage could hold businesses back.
Vince Cable celebrates UK government hitting two millionth apprentice milestone
The Business Secretary says apprenticeships are the ticket to a great job.
Nicky Morgan to send ex-soldiers into English classrooms to build character and skills
The Education Secretary says the courses can offer a sense of greater aspiration for pupils.
UK Government Drawing Up £30bn of Spending Cuts for Post-General Election 2015
Cabinet insiders say the Treasury has asked senior civil servants are drawing up battle plans.
London Underground Boss Mike Brown Hits Back at 'Bizarre' Attacks on New Designer Uniform
Exclusive: Mike Brown tells IBTimes UK that the design is 'smart and functional'.
US 'Policy Elites' Hold Apprenticeships and Young People Back, Says Leading Job Market Expert
Professor Robert Lerman wants to increase the number of apprenticeships in the US.
UK Young People Unaware of Apprenticeships in High-Skilled Sectors
Insurance giant Aon says young people are unaware of apprenticeships in financial services.
The Apprentice 2014: Plumbing Boss and Self-Made Millionaire Charlie Mullins Condemns Lord Sugar's Show
Exclusive: Pimlico Plumbers founder and former apprentice Mullins says the programme has 'halfwit' contestants.
Liberal Democrat Conference: Apprenticeship £1 Wage Boost May Cost Small Firms Too Much
CBI and FSB say a balance needs to be struck after LibDem's Vince Cable made the announcement
Conservative Conference 2014: David Cameron's Old-Time Religion Lifted the Spectre of Nigel Farage
The prime minister delivered a powerful speech to end a Tory conference overshadowed by the Ukip threat.
Conservative Party Conference: Chancellor George Osborne Announces £25bn in New Cuts
Osborne to freeze public sector wages and working age benefits.