Leader of the Isle of Wight council, David Pugh, had his moment in the limelight yesterday (Monday 8th October) at the Conservative Conference in Birmingham.
According to the rolling live coverage from The Telegraph, Cllr Pugh spoke just after Francis Maude and before Eric Pickles.
They reported,
15.02 Councillor David Pugh up now with an account of how the Strengthening Families Initiative has improved the Isle of Wight, where he has been “tackling the culture of worklessness that exists within a small minority of our population.”
“Too many of our young people and families are demotivated and lacking the skills and the ambition to succeed.
“We can’t be a centre for enterprise if we don’t supply educated and ambitious workers.”
