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<p>The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games provide a unique and significant opportunity
to accelerate employment and skills opportunities for residents across the West Midlands.
The government is working closely with our Games partners to ensure we make the most
of these opportunities.</p><p>The West Midlands Combined Authority has recently launched
a Commonwealth Games Jobs and Skills Academy which seeks to link West Midlands residents
to the thousands of training, volunteering and employment opportunities that the Games
will create, with a focus on the most vulnerable at risk groups, including the long-term
unemployed.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">We are working with the local Chamber of
Commerce's and other West Midlands business groups to promote procurement opportunities
locally. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong></strong></ins><br /><br /></p>
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