Timms Interim Review say any PIP Reform must deal with Rising Claims Among Young People
The first full review of Personal Independence Payment since its 2013 introduction has found the benefit is “not fit for purpose,” with its interim report…
Milburn interim review
Burnham in Number 10: A New Dawn For Education and Skills?
When Prime Minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham walks into Number 10- be that Downing Street or the ‘Number 10 of the north’ in Manchester- what should his…
Councils Backed To Identify and Support 32,100 “Phantom NEETS”
Councils supported to identify and support vulnerable teenagers Thousands of vulnerable teenagers risk missing out on support because local authorities do not always have complete…
A NEET Mess: What Wales Tells Us About Milburn and System Alignment
Yusuf Ibrahim, Vice Principal at CAVC, takes Alan Milburn’s interim review as a starting point and asks what the Welsh data really tells us about…
Number 10 North: What Could Andy Burnham’s Vision and Manchesterism Actually Mean for Skills, Young People and the Welfare Trap?
Andy Burnham hasn’t become Prime Minister yet. His speech at the People’s History Museum in Manchester this afternoon reads less like a leadership pitch and…
Double Disadvantage: Are We Pointing the Skills Compass in the Right Direction? FE Soundbite 853
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 853: 27th June 2026. Double Disadvantage: Are We Pointing the Skills Compass in the Right Direction? This is the weekly…
Olly Newton: Why Systems Thinking Is The Key To Breaking Barriers For 1 Million Young People
We catch up with Olly Newton, Executive Director of the Edge Foundation at the Breaking Barriers Collective, a joint collective intelligence event in partnership with…
Almost 180 More Youth Hubs Announced. Expanding The Youth Hub Network To Over 360 Local Areas In Three Years
Over the next three years, the Government is expanding its network of Youth Hubs to over 360 local areas across Great Britain Thousands of young…
Praful Nargund Discusses Breaking Barriers to Youth Employment and Youth Engagement
FE News chatted with Praful Nargund, Director, Good Growth Foundation and Skills Adviser to the Work and Pensions Secretary at the recent Breaking Barriers Collective,…
Why the youth jobs crisis is really a skills mismatch
According to the latest ONS labour market data, youth unemployment has hit 14.7%. That means one in seven young people looking for work can’t find…