SPEECH: In the Queen’s Speech, Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to “level up” education COLLEGES across Worcestershire have welcomed government plans to increase investment in adult education. The government has said it will introduce new legislation through the Skills and Post-16 Bill to support its lifetime skills guarantee - as set out in this week's Queen's Speech. The bill will put reform promised in the FE White Paper into law, including flexible loans for adults to access higher-level training at college or university level at any point in their lives. It will also give employers a statutory role in planning publicly-funded training programmes with education providers, through a ‘Skills Accelerator’ programme.