Policy Paper: CMI’s Submission to the 2021 Comprehensive Spending Review Friday 01 October 2021 Share Share to LinkedIn Share to Facebook Share via email Management and leadership skills can unlock Britain’s future. CMI publishes its priorities ahead of the 2021 Comprehensive Spending Review. Good management underpins our society and economy, but there is a market failure when it comes to developing this all-important management capability: without incentives, businesses simply do not invest in management training. As a result, the UK has a chronic gap between the management skills required by employers and the management capability of the workforce. To close this gap, management and leadership skills must be regarded as essential spending, if the Government is serious about levelling up all parts of the UK. This is also crucial spending to build an economy that enables people and places to thrive. CMI is urging the Government to prioritise investment in management and leadership skills through the Spending Review. Our main asks of the Government are to: Guarantee current expenditure on higher education. Ensure apprenticeships funding is protected - including at degree level. Embed good management by: building management development into education, training, and business, innovation and sector policies in a systematic way bolt on “core four” skills (communication, problem solving, team working and digital skills) for all Government training provision, and a new requirement for Government procurement bids to demonstrate commitment to management and leadership development. Read the submission summary Read our full submission Like this article? Why not share it. Share to LinkedIn Share to Facebook Share via email You might also like these posts on this topic: Topic: “Management was a natural extension of my love of science” Steff Gaulter CMgr MCMI, shares how moving into management felt like an extension of her passion for weather presenting Read article Article Topic: Highlights – 25 June Living with the David Brent effect, solving the UK’s productivity gap – and other pressing management issues Read article Article Topic: Managing Failure How the Value-Cost Model solves the corporate existential crisis Dr Michael Wynn-Williams introduces the Value-Cost Model, which helps to set out a company’s future trajectory Read article Article Topic: Leaders: what’s your main job when it comes to sustainability? Is it more important for managers to set a sustainability vision or to empower their teams to act? Here’s what you told us… Read article Article Browse all posts Don’t miss out - get notified of new content Sign-up to become a Friend of CMI to recieve our free newsletter for a regular round-up of our latest insight and guidance. CMI members always see more. For the widest selection of content, including CPD tools and multimedia resources, check out how to get involved with CMI membership. Newsletter More ways to get involved Policy Paper CMI's policy submissions to Government departments complement our ongoing engagement with policy makers and support our aim of keeping management and leadership at the forefront of the public policy agenda. Members See More CMI Members have access to thousands of online learning and CPD resources. Learn more about our membership benefits Join The Community CMI offers a variety of flexible membership solutions, tailored to your needs. Find out more and get involved in the CMI community today.