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'Two-track workforce' | Workers confident they can learn new skills, but many lack support to do so, PwC finds

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Six in ten UK workers are confident they can learn new skills, but only half of those workers believe they have access to the learning and development resources they need at work, according to new PwC research.

The gap comes as employers adapt to technological change and AI. Fewer than half of workers (48%) said they understood the skills they would need in the future, although only 13% identified a lack of skills or training as a barrier to their productivity.

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