Kendall launches blueprint for fundamental reform to change the DWP from a ‘Department of Welfare to a Department for Work’
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/...epartment-of-welfare-to-a-department-for-work
Pathways to Work Commission Report
In July 1984 there were 3.2 million people across our country out of work – almost 12% of the adult population. In the years that followed unemployment became a fact of life, a symptom of the UK’s economic malaise. Forty years on the numbers registered as unemployed have fallen to 1.5 million – a rate of 4.4% – as of July 2024. Today, it is not labour surpluses but skill shortages that employers worry about. Worse still, labour supply is the biggest barrier to raising the UK’s sluggish rate of economic growth. Our labour market recovery following the Covid pandemic has been worse than every other major G7 country. For all the much hyped talk of a future where jobs are eaten by advances in technology, right now we simply don’t have the workers with the right skills to expand our economy.
https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/media/opbpxxkz/bmbc-pathways-to-work-commission-report.pdf
- Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall will use landmark first speech to set out the Government’s plans to reverse dire labour market inheritance and drive up Britain’s employment
- Major new reforms will be at heart of Government’s ambition to reach an 80% employment rate, with a white paper on getting Britain working again
- Kendall set to empower local leaders to tackle economic inactivity, alongside a new Labour Market Advisory Board to help drive change and get Britain working again.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/...epartment-of-welfare-to-a-department-for-work
Pathways to Work Commission Report
In July 1984 there were 3.2 million people across our country out of work – almost 12% of the adult population. In the years that followed unemployment became a fact of life, a symptom of the UK’s economic malaise. Forty years on the numbers registered as unemployed have fallen to 1.5 million – a rate of 4.4% – as of July 2024. Today, it is not labour surpluses but skill shortages that employers worry about. Worse still, labour supply is the biggest barrier to raising the UK’s sluggish rate of economic growth. Our labour market recovery following the Covid pandemic has been worse than every other major G7 country. For all the much hyped talk of a future where jobs are eaten by advances in technology, right now we simply don’t have the workers with the right skills to expand our economy.
https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/media/opbpxxkz/bmbc-pathways-to-work-commission-report.pdf
