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The idea that work experience should be for only one week was not widely seen as best practice. The best companies do more than that, offering opportunities outside school terms and at weekends, although that clearly does not work for all young people.
We may not be the worst at protecting against inequalities, but we are certainly not among the best. The Nordic welfare states seem to be best at reducing inequalities in mortality.
We have a limited budget, and we have a duty of best value. I am afraid that we are not achieving best value, because we have ring fenced one major part of the workforce.