The report underscores a drastic skills chasm in the UK, warning that if trends continue, over 70% of Londoners will hold degrees by 2035, starkly contrasting with Hull and East Yorkshire at just 29%.
Stephen Evans, chief executive of the Learning and Work Institute, emphasized the widening skills gap, highlighting the magnetic pull of London which creates a self-reinforcing cycle of high-skilled job creation in the south, leaving regions like the West Midlands with substantial low-skilled populations.
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