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Some of the brightest teenagers in Britain are being made to feel like failures.

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These are teenagers who come alive in a workshop, a kitchen or a computer design studio.

But I want all young people, whatever their interests or skills, to achieve excellence.

That snobbery does real damage. It puts talented young people off pursuing what they love and what they're brilliant at, and it robs Britain of the skills we are crying out for.

Nearly half of teenagers polled say vocational........

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