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17 July 2025

Labour Market Briefing: July 2025

Employment Reports & briefings

Our analysis of the latest labour market statistics from ONS, released on 17 July 2025.

17 July 2025

Labour market stats response, July 2025

Employment Young people News & articles

L&W's chief executive Stephen Evans and chief economist Dr Helen Gray respond to the latest labour market data from ONS.

9 July 2025

Connect to Work Top Tips

Employment Reports & briefings

Learning and Work Institute has been commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA) to produce a series of top tips to support local government to develop a high quality Connect to Work service to help people into work.

1 July 2025

Building on firm foundations: Evidence of what works in employment support

Employment News & articles

Ahead of the Employment and Skills Convention 2025, Dr Andy Holroyde from Maximus reflects on what works in delivering effective employment support and addressing different barriers to employment.

16 June 2025

Implementing Connect to Work in Central London

Employment Reports & briefings

Central London Forward commissioned Learning and Work Institute in partnership with Inclusion London and Inclusion Barnet to conduct research to inform the roll out of Connect to Work in their boroughs.

12 June 2025

Balancing work and care

Better work Employment Reports & briefings

A new report from Learning and Work Institute for the Commission for Healthier Working Lives warns targeted support is required to help the UK's 6 million unpaid carers pursue fulfilling careers where they can and want to work.

12 June 2025

Nearly six million people are balancing employment with unpaid care. Targeted support is required to help them pursue fulfilling careers, new research finds

Better work Employment News & articles

Funded by the Health Foundation to inform the Commission for Healthier Working Lives, this report sets out a range of policy options to fix the foundations of support for carers before the demand for care rises uncontrollably.

11 June 2025