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Two in five workers want to learn a new skill to get a better job, new research shows - but employers, unions and skills leaders warn that colleges and further education providers do not have the funding to offer the courses people need.

Two in five workers want to learn a new skill to get a better job, new research shows - but employers, unions and skills leaders warn that colleges and further education providers do not have the funding to offer the courses people need.

Polling from YouGov shows that 41% of people in work would learn a new skill to get a better paid job, while 31.8% say they would learn new skills to get a job they enjoy.

Almost half (46.4%) of workers say they would learn a new skill if it was free for them to do so, 38.4% say they would if they could get a qualification and 31.6% said they would if it was online.

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