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16 Oct 2025

Mayor offers free devices, data and digital skills to drive up employment in West Yorkshire

The initiative will gift people a free device such as a laptop, along with personalised digital skills support and free data or Wi-Fi connectivity, to help them access jobs, training and essential online services from home.

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11 Sep 2025

Wakefield sets out plan for skills-led growth to transform UK economy

30 Jul 2025

Mayor and NHS leaders kickstart £37 million plan for Healthy Working Life

08 Jul 2025

What’s the Big Idea? West Yorkshire's Young Innovators Shine in Mayor's Challenge - Meet the West Yorkshire Young People with Big Ideas to Boost Wellbeing

25 Jun 2025

Adult learners celebrated as Mayor unveils £12 million boost to skills training across West Yorkshire

19 Jun 2025

Investment for schools as Mayor boosts ‘Libraries for Primaries’

06 Jun 2025

Mayor unveils £37 million plan to get West Yorkshire working

12 Feb 2025

Tracy Brabin launches million-pound challenge for young people and businesses with big ideas

10 Feb 2025

Mayor partners with colleges to upskill students into local jobs

23 Jan 2025

Mayor’s grad scheme to link talented graduates with small and medium-sized firms in West Yorkshire

08 Jan 2025

Mayor announces multimillion-pound apprenticeships boost for small and medium-sized businesses

05 Dec 2024

Tracy Brabin unveils multibillion-pound growth plan to create thousands of jobs and build a brighter region for all

19 Nov 2024

Tracy Brabin invites public to have their say in two upcoming Mayor’s Question Time events
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