This report from the CIPD compares and summarises current labour market and skills challenges across the UK as well as employer approaches to training and provides an overview of key public policy developments. 

Skills and labour shortages continue to impact employers across all sectors of the economy. In addition to this, skills gaps, mismatches and underutilisation point to persistent inefficiencies between the labour market and the skills development system. The report sets out various recommendations for addressing these challenges and emphasises the role of vocational education - and apprenticeships in particular - as key to tackling skills gaps and mismatches across the UK.