The UK labour market may be showing tentative signs of stabilising, but conditions remain challenging for workers and employers. The Work Foundation at Lancaster University hosted an online event to…

Centre for Cities and the Work Foundation at Lancaster University hosted an online event to discuss how metro mayors can help tackle the challenge of around a million young people across the UK not br...

While it’s all change in Number 10 Downing Street, today’s labour market figures indicate a stable labour market with headline employment, unemployment and inactivity rates largely unchanged. However,...

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The UK continues to face a significant crisis at the intersection of health and work, with health-related economic inactivity close to 2.8 million people. The Government has accepted the Keep Britain…

The young people and work report is an independent review of the increase in the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET).

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Our latest research with the universities of Birmingham and Nottingham examines multiple jobholding among young women

This week, the Government brought forward further legislation to support its flagship Get Britain Working White Paper. The new ‘Right to Try’ work is aimed at de-risking pathways to employment for dis...

Six years on from the first Covid-19 lockdown, working from home has become a mainstream practice. At our online event, our panel discussed the future of remote and hybrid work in the UK, and how it c...

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Official statistics released on Thursday show the number of young people who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) remains stubbornly high at 957,000.