Developing skills for life
Apprenticeships and T Levels can help develop a skilled local government workforce.
Employment and skills
Setting employer standards
Inspectors have provided insight into the national standards for social workers.
Skills for future growth
Locally run employment schemes could help bring one million people back into the jobs market.
Record vacancies mask jobs disparity
A third of England still has twice as many jobseekers as there are vacancies, according to new research commissioned by the LGA – despite the unemployment rate reaching its lowest level for more than 50 years.
£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.
Unlocking talent to level up
The LGA has published a new report setting out its practical vision for an integrated and devolved employment and skills service.
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.