Skills reform

NEETs top McFadden’s DWP skills agenda

The work and pensions secretary wants jobcentres to offer training as a 'springboard to better futures'

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
SEND, Skills reform

MPs demand funding and transport guarantees for FE SEND students

Post-16 SEND students are ‘rarely prioritised’ says education committee

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Skills reform

Confirmed: Skills England moved to DWP from today

Skills England CEO says move "really makes sense"

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give "bigger emphasis on skills", Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Skills reform

Skills move risks destabilising ‘sofa surfing’ policy area

But some believe the move could cut 'frustrating duplication' between the DWP and DfE

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills reform

Colleges are bracing themselves for the Whitehall power shift

With skills policy moving to DWP, Ofsted unveiling a new framework and defence cash pouring in, this autumn could...

Jessica Hill
David Hughes
LSIPs, Skills reform

Results of LSIPs shake-up revealed

£6.3m dished out to 39 employer bodies to refresh local skills plans

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform

Migrant skills tax take tumbled by £100m last year

Income from the immigration skills charge fell for the first time in four years amid calls for transparency over...

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills reform

Skills England’s right about the shortages, but who will pay?

Skills England’s latest report maps UK skills gaps but without funding and action, its recommendations risk gathering dust says...

Jessica Hill
Heather Akehurst