The government has*called for a 'skills revolution' in*its official*response to the*Leitch Review, setting out what it will do to tackle the looming skills shortage in the UK. Skills*secretary John Denham told MPs that the government would aim to bring about a skills revolution to make UK skills sit within the “top quartile” of leading global economies by 2020. Leitch warned that unless*the UK becomes a world class provider of skills by 2020, it will face a “bleak future” compared to the likes of India and China. Denham reminded the House that to achieve the “huge” targets set out in the Leitch Review, including getting*more than*90% of adults trained to Level 2 (the equivalent of five GCSEs), and over 40% of adults qualified to Level 4 or above by 2020, there needed to be a culture change in both employers and individuals. Training*must be delivered to employers’ needs and be “demand-led”, he said, adding that employers had a shared responsibility to achieve this. ...

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