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Earlier this week, thirty-one leaders from a variety of sectors met at the Caledonian Club. They discussed how the workforce has changed over the past few years and the resultant opportunities and challenges, with a specific emphasis placed on apprenticeships and the connection between education and industry.

This week in Parliament, several significant bills and debates are set to take place, ranging from social security to genetic technology and public order. Below is a summary of the major bills and debates to be discussed.

Leaders Council member Manea Kella have been shortlisted for the House and Listed category in the Architects’ Journal Retrofit Awards 2023. The nomination is for their Rural Retreat project.

Twenty four senior leaders met yesterday at Caledonian Club in Belgravia to discuss recruitment challenges, skills shortages and the workforce of the future.

Writing exclusively for The Leaders Council, Andrew Clowes, headteacher of Hey with Zion Primary School in Oldham, Lancashire, explains why he is bucking the trend and teaching classics at his state primary school.

The government had commission a review of the shortage occupation list last summer, with the expectation that additional industries would be added to the list, thus making it easier for migrants who work in those industries to come to the UK.

As MPs return from recess, parliament will discuss a raft of bills covering several critical areas, including health, social security and housing. Here's a summary of what's expected to happen during the parliamentary sessions.

Teresa Clark, founder of The Wellness Revolution, will deliver a webinar exclusively for Leaders Council members and their colleagues. The webinar will take place on on Thursday 23rd Feb at 12pm. The title is ‘Cultivating a culture of wellbeing.’

Leadership can be lonely. So this Valentines Day, we thought we’d take a look at leaders who have found love with other leaders.

The National Enterprise Network has released a report entitled ‘Adding Value Across Enterprise’ that urges the government to prioritse enterprise support for small businesses in the UK.

Leaders Council chairman Lord Blunkett has criticised Twitter for failing to provide adequate protection for its users, following complaints from a number of users that they are being shown posts from Andrew Tate despite not following him or previously engaging with his content.

Following The Leaders Council’s care campaign, which took place in the six weeks before Christmas, it was a great relief to hear some of the same issues debated in parliament last week. During a commons debate on ‘the draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2023’, the employment minister Guy Opperman was asked about carers on several occasions.

As recently reported, The Leaders Council will shortly be returning to the Caledonian Club in Belgravia for a roundtable discussion on the workforce of the future.

At this year's Davos conference, Duke University technology ethicist, Nita Farahany, discussed a future where managers can monitor the brainwaves of their employees to determine their focus levels through wearable technology.