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Report calls for scrapping of Connexions careers service

1 min read Education
A report into social mobility commissioned by Gordon Brown has called on the government to remove careers responsibility from the Connexions service.

The report from the Panel on Fair Access to Professions, chaired by Labour MP Alan Milburn, calls for the government to reallocate £200m to schools and colleges to give them the freedom to tender for careers services from a range of providers.

It says: "Throughout our work we have barely heard a good word about the careers work of the current Connexions service. We can only conclude that its focus on the minority of vulnerable young people is distracting it from offering proper careers advice and guidance to the majority of young people. The service is simply not good enough and requires a radical rethink."

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