£2.6bn for local growth and skills
The Government has published local allocations for its long-awaited UK Shared Prosperity Fund and new ‘Multiply’ fund.
Employment and skills
Improving workforce planning
West Midlands councils are working together on an ambitious initiative to tackle skills shortages.
‘Put councils at heart of levelling up’ – LGA
Placing councils at the heart of the Government’s levelling up ambitions would help create job and career opportunities where they are most needed as the nation recovers from the pandemic, the LGA has said.
Employment and skills support
Councils have an important role to play in joining up support for people retraining or facing unemployment.
Jobs on the line
Local government has a crucial role to play in jobs and skills recovery after the pandemic.
Skills for the future
Apprentices have played a key role in local government’s response to the pandemic.
Employment and skills recovery
Councillors and their councils have the democratic mandate, expertise and local insights to change our communities for the better.
Skills gaps warning on immigration
Reform of the UK’s immigration system provides an opportunity to tackle skills gaps and workforce challenges in specific sectors, such as construction and social care, the LGA has said.