England’s directly-elected regional mayors today renewed their call on the Government for greater devolution of powers and funding over skills.
All eight mayors – four Conservative and four Labour - have signed up to a joint statement calling for further reforms to the skills system, including more control over apprenticeship levy funds to boost skills in their areas.
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