There are two verb tense errors in this paragraph. Correct them:

Apprenticeships
in
this
country
have
had
a
long
and
interesting
history.
The
next
coming
decade
promised
to
be
no
different.
The
current
government
have
begun
to
implement
new
policy
changes
and
hoped
that
within
the
next
four
or
five
years,
the
new
apprenticeship
standards
will
help
even
larger
numbers
of
young
people
find
work.