The Government has responded to the recommendations made by the HCLG (Housing, Communities and Local Government) Select Committee report on Brexit and local government. This document sets out Government’s acceptance ‘in spirit and principle’ of all 10 recommendations made in the report.
This includes a recommendation for the Government to address workforce shortages in the short term, to which the response was that Government will take steps to address workforce shortages; including through the EU Settlement Scheme, the Future Skills-Based Immigration System and the Industrial Strategy.