Speaking at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, Streeting reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to expanding mental health support in the workplace.
The initiative includes a consultation to expand the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, while launching funding and skills programmes to grow the workforce for a low-carbon future.
In addition, the Government has announced an additional £10m in funding for the programme.
Ed Miliband said: “To meet our target to reach clean power by 2030, we need a clean power army of engineers, welders and technicians."
The Government is seeking input from anyone with relevant evidence, including expert bodies, employers, disabled people’s organisations, civil society groups, trade unions, public authorities and individuals with expertise by experience.
Backed by £18m, South Yorkshire plans a dedicated new service working with employers to hire those with health conditions, and a new “triage” system to make it quicker and easier to connect people to employment, health, and skills support.
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has set out how it will allocate the funding - in areas such as life sciences, green energy and engineering.
The AI Accelerator Programme will train up 25 Machine Learning Engineers through hackathons, where the coders will help tackle live Government challenges.
Chairing the latest meeting of the Tata Steel Port Talbot Transition Board Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens announced £3.27m to fund mental health support services in Neath Port Talbot for those affected by Tata Steel’s transition to greener steelmaking.
Statistics in Keep Britain Working Review also showed around a quarter of those who are economically inactive due to ill-health are under the age of 35.
This comes as one in eight young people are not currently in work, education or training.
From 9th April, 2025, care providers who want to recruit a new worker from overseas will have to first prove that they have attempted to recruit a worker from within England who needs new sponsorship.