This report presents insight on how local and combined authorities are working on employment, skills and growth, structured around three themes of local government activity.
Local government is being grant funded to develop Connect to Work (CtW), a voluntary Supported Employment ‘place, train and maintain’ service to help disabled people, people with health conditions and those with complex barriers, find and stay in work. This series of top tips aims to give local government officers and elected members a good understanding of the benefits of CtW, how to make good use of it, and how it can be aligned to other council and external work.
This research looks at wider skills for infrastructure demands through four case studies, identifying some of the policy challenges national government will need to address to deliver national and local growth ambitions.
This research sets out to address what are the most important drivers or indicators of economic inactivity across England, and how do trends in inactivity vary across area.
This analysis explores future models for funding for local economic growth, development and regeneration initiatives and activities, drawing on lessons learned from recent policy and practice.
Based on our analysis and discussions with local government, through a series of roundtable events, this paper sets out below six guiding principles to realise economic inclusion to employment and skills opportunities, and the key role we would like to see local government play.
We commissioned Shared intelligence (Si) to produce this guide explaining what local economic development (ED) services do for the communities they serve, why they are important, the challenges they face, and the skills and knowledge they will need in the coming years.
Using the principles of Work Local, this policy position sets out how this relationship could operate, bringing together net zero and the skills system to align and collectively develop the green skills and jobs that are needed.
Three focus groups made up of Economic Development Officers were held between December 2022 and January 2023 to explore how councils are working to improve equalities in employment and skills outcomes to encourage economic development for their communities. The groups aimed to develop understanding by capturing the thoughts and experiences of those working to advance this agenda.
