The council welcomed the bigger role for local authorities but is worried that the creation of a national Young People's Learning Agency would mean too many bureaucratic hurdles to leap. The Department for Children, Schools and Families released the white paper, Raising Expectations: Enabling the System to Deliver , earlier this year. Surrey County Council's executive committee are debating it this week. The plans could see the end of the Learning and Skills Council, although the council...


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