Response to the King's speech at the state opening of parliament

Responding to the King's speech at the state opening of parliament on 17 July 2024, Naomi Clayton, Director of Policy and Research at Learning and Work Institute, said:

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17 07 2024

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Naomi Clayton

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Devolution & local delivery Employment support Funding adult learning Future of work & Skills Learning and retraining

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We are pleased to see the focus on economic growth in today’s King’s Speech. To this end, we look forward to working with ministers to reverse the decades of decline in investment in skills and help more people into work. We’ve set out a blueprint for change to improve prosperity and widen opportunity, including through flexing the apprenticeship levy, and therefore welcome the planned reforms. We have also called for a better, more joined-up system that empowers local economies, and hope to see this supported through Skills England.

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