Cabinet minister and Oxford East MP Andrew Smith attended the launch of a new training scheme.

Andrew Smith, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with Ed Kershaw and Silas Lalis at the Blackbird Leys Campus of the Oxford College of Further Education

The £2.3m Entry 2 Employment programme -- a partnership of Oxtrain, Springboard, and Abingdon and Witney Training -- is designed to help 100 young people prepare for employment and Modern Apprenticeships.