> The education system isn't fit for purpose, and the mass of the workforce is not going to make it in global competition.

The WEF rates the UK's "Education and Skills" as seventh best in the World, just ahead of Germany and five places ahead of the USA.

For "Business dyamism and innovation" the UK is sixth, behind the USA and Scandinavia but four places ahead of Germany.

https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-global-competitiveness-r...