LEI's analysis of the 2026 Budget for HE and FE: regional fiscal devolution, targeted apprenticeship reforms, and outcome-linked tertiary funding.

In LEI's Annual Lecture, Prof. Andy Haldane argued that the current skills policy falls short, and that future learning systems need to be far more flexible, accessible and responsive to individual needs.

Rewiring education and skills requires the national and local parts of the system to make decisions together about provision, progression and support.