But it is worth taking the trouble to at least understand what is at stake, even if following the detail of negotiations and horse trading that seem to change daily proves too much.
National training organisations, and now sector skills councils, are supposed to set the standards for training in industry or professional sectors. For work with young people, that means laying down what skills and knowledge are needed, and how good people need to be at those skills in order to qualify.
The National Youth Agency, the Community and Youth Workers' Union, Paulo (the current national training organisation for youth work) and others don't want to be railroaded into a sector skills council that is dominated by further education, as the Department for Education and Skills seems keen to see happen. Interestingly, the organisations championing youth and community work have found allies in the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales, which effectively have a power of veto over any new central government arrangements.
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