Emily Twinch 03 December 2024

Devolution would help skills 'mismatch' - report

Devolution would help skills mismatch - report image
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Central Government should give local areas greater powers over skills policies to address the ‘mismatch' of people needed for future industries, Birmingham University has urged.

A report from the university said successive governments had been ‘grappling' for years with the lack of skills for future jobs because of ‘fragmented devolution'.

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