The areas that could be left behind by Burnham’s education reforms

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close Cancel email WhatsApp link share Share bookmark SaveRural and coastal areas risk being left behind by Andy Burnham’s technical education reforms to cut youth unemployment, experts have warned. Caption: Firefighters tackle the fire at a major heathland blaze in the New Forest near Ringwood in Hampshire. Photo credit should read: Andrew Matthews/PA WirePhotographer: Andrew MatthewsProvider: Andrew Matthews/PA WireSource: PACaption: PETERSFIELD, UNITED KINGDOM ? Photo credit should read: Andrew Matthews/PA WirePhotographer: Andrew MatthewsProvider: Andrew Matthews/PA WireSource: PA1 2 3 4 5 6 What did the fire service say? Cullinane added there are “particular problems in more remote areas, particularly coastal areas, where there isn’t a big prosperous city nearby.”