‘Back door devolution’ as 11 councils get extra procurement powers But not all councils are aware of the DfE’s plans
Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets
Providers need a better roadmap as more areas enter devolution Devolution is creating a complex maze that ITPs can sometimes get lost in
Mayors reboot Kickstart scheme for employment score With nearly a million young people now classed as not in education, employment or training, mayors are revamping a scrapped jobs scheme
Mayor launches £100 per week payments for net zero students One principal said the scheme has create ‘quite the buzz’
Skills devolution spreads with plan for six new regions Millions in skills funding will be handed to mayors, with ringfences lifted on budgets
Apprenticeships serve the public – so devolve them Whitehall holds too much power and big employers have learned to game the levy
Boris’s rushed retraining scheme created huge underspend Most of the money has been quietly returned to the Treasury
Wolf’s apprenticeship proposals would be a devolution howler Employers are best placed to lead training needs – and Baroness Alison Wolf’s idea of devolving funding to local leaders would wreck that