Thousands of female engineers will be trained up as part of a 'national mission' to get Britain building again, Ed Miliband announced today. The Labour leader said it was a 'national embarrassment' that just one in 25 engineers were women. He pledged to ensure an extra 400,000 engineers were trained up by 2020 - with a Labour source promising a 'significant increase' in the proportion of women. Scroll down for video Labour leader Ed Miliband was given a tour of the Tottenham Court Road Crossrail site in London today Mr Miliband said the engineers were needed to meet a shortfall in the number of skilled workers in the economy.
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Labour leader said number of women engineers a 'national embarrassment'
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Mr Miliband said just one in 25 engineers in the UK were women
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He promised to train up an extra 400,000 engineers over the next five years
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