Labour will reform the apprenticeship levy to "tackle the skills gap" and decrease migration, members of the shadow cabinet have said.On Sunday, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper and shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson met apprentices from gas distribution company SGN to discuss their plans to create a "golden age of lifelong learning".They met and chatted at the site of a gas pipe repair in a residential street in East Putney, south-west London.

Labour will reform the apprenticeship levy to "tackle the skills gap" and decrease migration, members of the shadow cabinet have said.On Sunday, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper and shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson met apprentices from gas distribution company SGN to discuss their plans to create a "golden age of lifelong learning".They met and chatted at the site of a gas pipe repair in a residential street in East Putney, south-west London.