Warm Homes Skills Programme

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has announced an £8 million programme to deliver up to 9,000 training places to enable people to develop skills as installers and retrofit professionals within the retrofit and energy efficiency sector, focused on both...

Big Listen Action Monitoring Reports

Ofsted’s monitoring reports on commitments made in the Big Listen and its response to Dame Christine Gilbert’s independent learning review are here.

Get Britain Working Survey

The government is proposing reforms to employment, health, and skills support to reduce economic inactivity and help people into work, and the Get Britain Working white paper aims to lower the number of unemployed and achieve an 80% employment rate long term. As part...

Consultation on Future of Local Government Launches

Residents are being invited to take part in a consultation that will help reshape local government and how services are run in the future. Government wants to reorganise local government so that everyone in East Sussex gets their services from just one council. This...

Ofsted Request to Local Networks

Peter Cox Senior HMI at Ofsted has made an offer via local provider networks. Ofsted are looking for providers, post consultation report, to take part in pilot inspections. It is hard to give a timeline as the report is not out yet but it is expected to be summer or...

What Next Sussex 2025 – Two Events on 22nd May

What Next Sussex is a live, virtual event for young people (and the teachers, parents and carers supporting them) who are choosing what to do after their GCSEs. It takes place on Thursday 22nd May with Live Chat Sessions running 2-3pm & 6-7pm backed by online...

ONS UK Labour Market Statistics – May 2025

Estimates of employment, unemployment, inactivity, average weekly earnings, vacancies and other labour market related statistics for the UK from the Office for National Statistics. Comment and analysis from People Management is here and from the Institute for...