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1 May 2025
Learning the lessons
‘Learning the lessons’ is the third report produced as part of our Ambition Skills programme of work. It looks at the history of adult learning and skills, going back to the late 19th century, and lessons that can be learned.
17 April 2025
Estimating the impacts of extra employment support for disabled people
In light of the Government's recent Pathways to Work Green Paper, this briefing note explores what impact the Government's proposed increase in employment support could have for disabled people.
15 April 2025
Labour Market Briefing: April 2025
Our analysis of the latest labour market statistics from ONS, released on 4 April 2025.
15 April 2025
Labour market stats response, April 2025
L&W's chief executive Stephen Evans and chief economist Dr Helen Gray respond to the latest labour market data from ONS.
9 April 2025
Spotlight on Aberdeen: A place-based approach to lifelong learning
In partnership with Ufi VocTech Trust, we’ve launched an innovative place-based collaboration to boost adult participation in learning across Aberdeen. This blog gives an update on our progress.
4 April 2025
Three in five young people who are neither learning nor working have never had a paid job, new analysis finds
New research on the UK’s near one million young people aged 16 to 24 who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) reveals three in five (58%) have never had a paid job.
4 April 2025
Young people who are not in education, employment, or training – what does the data tell us?
This briefing provides an overview of the scale of how many NEET young people there are in the UK, what the characteristics of NEET young people are, and the differences in opportunity between different areas of England.
4 April 2025
Youth Opportunity Index 2025
Our Youth Opportunity Index 2025 gives a detailed portrait of the opportunities and challenges for every young person broken down by local education authority. It has revealed the intra-regional differences in England as well as regional ones.
26 March 2025
Responding to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s spring statement 2025
L&W's chief executive Stephen Evans responds to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's spring statement on 26 March 2025.
20 March 2025
Labour Market Briefing: March 2025
Our analysis of the latest labour market statistics from ONS, released on 20 March 2025.
