A SHORTAGE of skilled workers means British business is “driving with the handbrake on”, the Education Secretary has warned.
Gillian Keegan is meeting with top bosses today to plan how homegrown workers can plug the record one million vacancies.
The Government wants British workers to be trained in these jobs so firms can wean themselves off cheaper foreign labour.
More than five million people are on out of work benefits, leaving a hole in the nation’s workforce.
At a conference in London, Ms Keegan will join Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch in sitting down with the likes of Amazon, Google and Virgin.
They want to create a “workforce fit for the future and address the urgent recruitment needs of businesses”.
