Media office

Learning and Work Institute is focused on increasing access to and participation in learning and work opportunities. Each year we publish a range of reports and analysis of key learning, skills and employment issues, as well as working on development and innovation projects on the ground. If you’re interested in hearing more about our latest insights, or would like to discuss media opportunities, please get in touch with our policy and communications team.

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Learning and Work Institute in the media

Financial Times

Funding cuts have halved number of adult learners in England since 2010

Guardian

Young carers in England and Wales ‘forced out of education’ by benefit rules

People Management

Government announces extra £60m apprenticeship funding – but do reforms go far enough?

FE News

Invest in employment and skills to restart the engines of growth

Financial Times

Quiet hiring: why managers are recruiting from their own ranks

New Statesman

Seema Malhotra: the Tories are short-changing young people

Wonkhe

Getting in and getting on for young adult carers

LocalGov

Nine million adults lack essential skills

The Stage

Gillian Anderson and David Lan among those calling for more adult arts education

FE Week

Adult education participation hits record high

Financial Times

Yawning skills gaps pose ‘a real challenge’

FE Week

‘Worrying’: Out of work and training 18-year-olds hits highest rate since 2009

BBC Analysis

How can we grow the UK economy?

Telegraph

Britain’s long-term sickness problem is chronic – but the over-50s aren’t to blame

FE Week

Employers may be in the driving seat, but the skills system’s engine has stalled

Forbes

Getting A Grip On Midlife Management – The UK (and Women) Lead The Way

The Times

Letter: Benefits Revamp

Telegraph

Could home working solve Britain’s £26bn problem?

Big Issue

Benefits must rise alongside record wage growth, economists warn

Financial Times

Why companies need to raise their game on skills training

CYPN

Call to improve benefits for young carers in full time education

The Times

Numeracy problems overshadow UK potential

FE Week

People pay billions more for training than employers and government, research claims

Guardian

DfE quietly shelves plans for £100m online adult learning platform

Telegraph

How wealthy over-50s are making the rest of Britain poorer

Guardian

Back-to-work schemes in England previously funded by EU forced to close

Financial Times

Where are all the jobs? A sector guide for students

CNN

Rail strikes and labor shortages are hurting UK economy

Big Issue

Care leavers campaign for better support: ‘We don’t have a great start in life when we turn 18’

Financial Times

Fast-changing world creates training challenge

i News

Cost of living crisis has ‘only just begun’ as workers face real-terms pay cut amid soaring prices

New Satesman

Why we need a better employment service for jobseekers

Financial Times

UK’s Kickstart jobs scheme underdelivers, says audit office

Financial Times

UK Budget fails to deliver ‘skills revolution’, say education leaders

Telegraph

Almost 1m people leave the workforce as staff shortages worsen

People Management

News Planned redundancies fall despite the end of furlough looming, official figures show

Big Issue

‘£20 cut would repeat past mistakes’ universal credit campaigners tell PM

Yorkshire Post

Why lifelong learning must define Yorkshire in the next decade

FE News

Incentivising employers to invest in skills for a strong and sustainable recovery

Big Issue

‘We always seem to lose out’: How Covid-19 has hit jobs for disabled people

People Management

News Role of managers missing from government’s skills agenda, think tanks warn

Telegraph

The hidden Covid jobs crisis hammering the over-50s

BBC

World News

The Times

Youth unemployment ‘to cost £7bn’

BBC News

'Finding work feels impossible for my generation'

Telegraph

Young workers suffer brunt of Covid jobs pain

Guardian

UK digital skills shortage risks Covid recovery as young people shun IT courses

BBC News

UK 'heading towards digital skills shortage disaster'

Mirror

'Young and jobless must take priority in economic recovery ahead of crisis Budget'

Telegraph

Jobs market pain hits men more than women as unemployment grows

Mirror

Call to hike National Insurance threshold so bosses can boost workers' low wages

Financial Times

Will UK skills crisis be fixed by vocational education plan?

New Statesman

"Skills for jobs" white paper gives businesses central role in technical education

People Management

More than 1.7 million now out of work, official figures show

FE News

250,000 fewer 16–24-year-olds in work as unemployment reaches nearly 5%

CNN

The benefits of approaching this year like a total newbie

Telegraph

Skills overhaul urged to avoid lost generation of under-25s

Big Issue

One million youngsters ‘locked out of work’ through Covid-19, says think tank

Mirror

Coronavirus' impact on single parent families

Financial Times

Rishi Sunak to set out £4.3bn plan to tackle threat of mass unemployment

Times

Young, talented and jobless

Personnel Today

Number of out-of-work over-50s surges

FE News

Lifetime Skills Guarantee

Guardian

Number of unemployed people in UK over 50 rises by third, figures suggest

Telegraph

Jobs disaster looms with long-term unemployment set to top 1.6m

City AM

City Hall and government urged to tackle capital’s ‘jobs crisis’

Mirror

Unions and think tank launch fight to save £12m fund to help workers learn

Financial Times

Johnson pledges ‘radical’ post-18 education shake-up

BBC Radio 4

World at One

Prospects Magazine

The digital crossroads provides an opportunity to rethink how millions of people work—and live

Guardian

Sunak urged to stump up £15bn to protect 1m from unemployment

BBC Breakfast

Unemployment and coronavirus: Older workers feel 'forgotten'

The Telegraph

Quarter of a million over-50s ‘will never work again’ after coronavirus

Daily Express

Over 50s warning as 350,000 may never return to work after furlough

i News

UK economy expected to be declared in recession for first time since 2008 financial crisis

CityAM

To avert an unemployment crisis, the government must act now and equip workers for the post-pandemic world

The Times

Sunak has to spend now, and he will have to spend later

Independent

Coronavirus: Rishi Sunak must extend furlough arrangements in areas like Leicester with local lockdowns, Labour urges

Bloomberg

Reviving Britain’s Economy Is Tough With an Aging Workforce

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson told to spend to save UK from new Great Depression with 4m unemployed

Telegraph

Lockdown triggers record-breaking economic slump

LBC Radio

The benefits and challenges of an 'apprenticeship guarantee'

CityAM

Extend job retention scheme to stop unemployment spike, says think tank

Daily Mirror

Coronavirus wipes out any hope of 'levelling up' as north set to be worse hit economically

The Independent

Young people are bearing the economic burden of coronavirus

The Times

Young, gifted and blocked by the coronavirus

Evening Standard

Years of jobs growth wiped out in month of coronavirus, report says

BusinessLive

Liverpool and Manchester face 'unemployment crisis'

The Yorkshire Post

Yorkshire firms face unprecedented unemployment crisis

The Independent

National living wage hike is justified despite impending recession, says think tank

The Times

Levy could limit youth training, says work charity

The Guardian

How the people of Rochdale launched their own fightback against sexual abuse and poverty

The Telegraph

Britain has millions more graduates – so why has the economy got so little to show for it?

The House

Sir John Hayes: "Our post-16 skills system is far from optimal"

Huffington Post

The National Minimum Wage Is A Remarkable Success Story – Where Next To Tackle Inequality?

Channel 4 News

Why is Nottingham the hardest place in UK for young people to find employment or training?

Our Responses

Responding to the Prime Minister's speech on apprenticeships

Learning and Work Institute's chief executive, Stephen Evans, responds to the Prime Minister's speech on apprenticeships, 18 March 2024
Budget response, 6 March 2024

Learning and Work Institute chief executive Stephen Evans responds to the Spring Budget of 6 March 2024.
Responding to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement

Learning and Work Institute deputy chief executive Naomi Phillips responds to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, announced on 22 November 2023.
Responding to the Government’s Back to Work Plan

Learning and Work Institute chief executive Stephen Evans responds to the Government’s Back to Work Plan, announced on 16 November.
Responding to the first Parliamentary inquiry report focused on young carers and young adult carers

As the APPG for Young Carers and Young Adult Carers launches the first ever Parliamentary inquiry report focused on young carers and young adult carers, Nicola Aylward, L&W's Head of Learning for Young People, responds.
Responding to the APPG for Youth Employment's new report on mental health

Nicola Aylward, Head of Learning for Young People at Learning and Work Institute, responds to latest report from APPG for Youth Employment.
Research and Reports 20 12 2022

Evidence to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee

Submission to the inquiry into 'Where have all the workers gone?'

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Research and Reports 26 10 2022

Evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee

L&W recently gave written evidence to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry on Plan for Jobs and employment support, which can be read here. Stephen Evans also gave oral evidence. The Inquiry is looking at the reasons for the rise

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