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Category: Public Services, Welfare and Skills

How do we invest in high quality social infrastructure – such as health and social care, education, skills and affordable childcare – to drive inclusive economic growth? What might this mean for how we deliver effective, affordable and accountable public services and welfare?

Working with a number of local, regional and national stakeholders, the Centre for Progressive Policy examines how the welfare state can respond to the pace of demographic, technological and labour market change. This includes the design of national systems, processes and minimum standards, as well as the interaction with and development of place-based approaches for economic and social policy and investment.

The Challenges of Pathways Analysis

Skills analyst Andy Norman outlines the challenges of doing labour market analysis at the pathway level

The Challenges of Pathways Analysis

 

Skills analyst Andy Norman outlines the challenges of doing labour market analysis at the pathway level.

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Author Andy NormanPosted on 05/12/201709/11/2018Categories Public Services, Welfare and Skills, SkillsLeave a comment on The Challenges of Pathways Analysis

The skills challenge: turning rhetoric into reality

Skills analyst Andy Norman reviews the recent policy developments announced in the Budget and Industrial Strategy White Paper

The skills challenge: turning rhetoric into reality

 

In his Budget speech the Chancellor Phillip Hammond spoke of building a ‘prosperous and inclusive economy where everybody has the opportunity to shine.’ It is a line in keeping with the type of language that has come to characterise the current government’s ambitions since Theresa May’s speech on the steps of Downing Street in July 2016.

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Author Andy NormanPosted on 28/11/201709/11/2018Categories Public Services, Welfare and Skills, SkillsLeave a comment on The skills challenge: turning rhetoric into reality

To capitalise on the opportunities of Brexit, Britain must first solve its skills crisis

Using the example of the automotive industry, skills analyst Andy Norman explains why Britain must first solve its skills crisis if it is to make the most of Brexit

To capitalise on the opportunities of Brexit, Britain must first solve its skills crisis

As those tasked with negotiating Brexit will not doubt be discovering, the complications of disentangling the UK and EU economies are immense. This is especially true when it comes to trade, with roughly 44% of the UK’s exported goods and services going to EU countries in 2016. But the issue isn’t simply that we sell a lot to the EU, rather that the things we sell often have supply chains that rival even the most adventurous summer Interrail routes.

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Author Andy NormanPosted on 16/08/201709/11/2018Categories Public Services, Welfare and SkillsLeave a comment on To capitalise on the opportunities of Brexit, Britain must first solve its skills crisis

Why apprenticeship policy must prioritise quality

While recent apprenticeships policy has tended to focus on quantity, skills analyst Andy Norman argues that if we are to tackle the country’s skills shortages we need to prioritise quality

Why apprenticeship policy must prioritise quality

 

Apprenticeships form a pivotal part of any country’s attempts to ensure its population has the technical skills needed for the economy to grow and thrive. An effective apprenticeships system can reduce skills gaps, increase productivity and drive social mobility. While this area of skills policy is nothing new – the use of formal apprenticeships in the UK dates back to at least the 16th century – it is one that governments have continually struggled to get right.

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Author Andy NormanPosted on 11/07/201709/11/2018Categories Public Services, Welfare and Skills1 Comment on Why apprenticeship policy must prioritise quality

Technical skills: How do the election manifestos compare?

Skills analyst Andy Norman discusses how the Conservative and Labour Manifestos compare on technical skills

Technical skills: How do the election manifestos compare?

In the aftermath of the 2017 election manifesto launches it was the politically partisan issues of social care, renationalisation and tax that dominated the headlines. Yet it was encouraging to see, despite its relative lack of media attention, both the Labour and Conservative manifestos recognise skills policy as central to the UK’s future prosperity.

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Author Andy NormanPosted on 25/05/201709/11/2018Categories Public Services, Welfare and Skills, Skills2 Comments on Technical skills: How do the election manifestos compare?

How a lack of technical skills may be holding back the West Midlands economy

Recent analysis by the Centre suggests that the economy is being held back by a lack of key technical skills, with as many as 43% of vacancies for technical roles categorised as skills shortage vacancies.

How a lack of technical skills may be holding back the West Midlands economy

 

Earlier this month, in the latest step along a path of regional devolution designed to drive local economic growth across the country, metro mayors were elected in six of the UK’s new combined authorities. In the West Midlands, Conservative Party candidate Andy Street narrowly beat Labour’s Siôn Simon to become the city region’s first elected mayor.

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Author Andy NormanPosted on 17/05/201709/11/2018Categories Public Services, Welfare and Skills, Skills, PublicationsLeave a comment on How a lack of technical skills may be holding back the West Midlands economy

Response to the Industrial Strategy Green Paper

The Centre responds to the government’s recent green paper, ‘Building our Industrial Strategy’

Response to the Industrial Strategy Green Paper

The government recently published its industrial strategy green paper, outlining its vision for ‘a stronger, fairer Britain that works for everyone’. The Centre for Progressive Capitalism welcomes the government’s ambition to improve living standards and economic growth displayed in the paper.

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Author The CentrePosted on 25/04/201709/11/2018Categories Public Services, Welfare and Skills, Skills, PublicationsLeave a comment on Response to the Industrial Strategy Green Paper

How LEPs can ensure apprenticeships drive inclusive growth

How LEPs can ensure apprenticeships drive inclusive growth

As the new Apprenticeship Levy comes into effect, Centre analyst Andy Norman argues that, if armed with the right information, LEPs can ensure apprenticeships drive inclusive growth up and down the country.

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Author Andy NormanPosted on 12/04/201709/11/2018Categories Public Services, Welfare and Skills, SkillsLeave a comment on How LEPs can ensure apprenticeships drive inclusive growth

Britain’s quest for productivity growth: Hammond’s small step in the right direction

The Centre responds to a number of policy announcements made by the Chancellor Philip Hammond in the 2017 Budget.

Britain’s quest for productivity growth: Hammond’s small step in the right direction

The story of Britain’s post 1945 economy has largely been one of governments trying to work out why productivity across the UK has been so much lower than in other advanced economies. So it shouldn’t be surprising that when the Chancellor of the Exchequer stepped up to deliver his last spring budget, productivity was mentioned 10 times in the speech.

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Author The CentrePosted on 08/03/201709/11/2018Categories Public Services, Welfare and Skills, SkillsLeave a comment on Britain’s quest for productivity growth: Hammond’s small step in the right direction

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