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This Policy Paper sets out the government’s Jobs Plans, addressing the workforce needs in each of the eight growth-driving sectors.

The government’s 2026 annual skills report identifies five key challenges in the skills system: addressing skills shortages, maximising investment in training, responding to accelerated AI adoption, supporting young people’s employability and the need to build a more responsive, locally integrated skills system. 

This government report explores how AI capabilities could develop and affect security, geopolitics, the economy and society by 2030.

This series of reports from the Department for Work and Pensions, in collaboration with Skills England, provide evidence-based guidance, real world case studies, practical principles and tools to help employers build inclusive, safe and sustainable AI workforce capability.

This report on the state of advanced AI capabilities and risks, written by 100 AI experts including representatives nominated by 33 countries and intergovernmental organisations, explores the state of scientific understanding of general-purpose AI with a focus on understanding and managing its risks. It outlines several risks - from malicious use to malfunctions and systemic risks - and calls for urgent and adaptable action by policymakers and stakeholders to ensure that the benefits of AI are realised safely, through informed risk management and international cooperation.