Better work
12 June 2025
Balancing work and care
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
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.
9 June 2025
Living and working with a long-term health condition: What makes good employment support?
Charley Hullah chronicles his lived experience of employment support programmes and calls for more holistic support.
28 May 2025
Channel 4, Make UK and the National Housing Federation join new campaign to “get the nation learning”
A coalition of organisations including broadcaster Channel 4, manufacturers’ organisation Make UK, and the National Housing Federation have pledged to “get the nation learning” as a new report demonstrates that when adults learn, our society and economy thrive.
8 May 2025
Getting the balance right: What the upcoming immigration White Paper needs to deliver to improve training for people in the UK
Elizabeth Gerard, L&W's deputy director, considers whether the upcoming White Paper, and changes to migration policy, can help to support the Government's wider objectives.
20 March 2025
Responding to the Keep Britain Working Review’s new report
L&W's deputy director Elizabeth Gerard responds to the latest report from the Government's Keep Britain Working Review on 20 March 2025.
10 March 2025
Supporting workers’ health and access to better work
A new report from Learning and Work Institute for the Commission for Healthier Working Lives sets out what we know about what works to support disabled people and people with long-term health conditions.
11 February 2025
Apprenticeships and the plan to Get Britain Working – more details needed, please!
In an article for FE News to mark National Apprenticeship Week, Deputy Head of Research Dr Corin Egglestone discusses the current state the apprenticeship system.
11 February 2025
Responding to the Government’s apprenticeship reforms
L&W's chief executive Stephen Evans responds to the apprenticeship reforms announced by the Government on 11 February 2025.
6 January 2025
Skills inequalities are larger in the UK than in other countries and are holding back growth, new report warns
New research from L&W finds the UK has larger gaps in workforce skills between different parts of the country than most other European countries.
