Employment
10 September 2024
Labour market stats response, September 2024
L&W's chief executive Stephen Evans and chief economist Dr Helen Gray respond to the latest labour market data from ONS.
22 August 2024
Responding to the latest NEET data, August 2024
L&W's chief economist Dr Helen Gray responds to the latest figures from ONS on young people who are not in education, employment or training.
13 August 2024
Labour market stats response, August 2024
L&W's chief economist Dr Helen Gray responds to the latest labour market data from ONS.
5 August 2024
Evaluation of Youth Employment Service North East
L&W carried out an independent evaluation of Youth Employment Service North East on behalf of Youth Futures Foundation.
1 July 2024
Aiming high: An 80% employment rate and how to deliver it
Stephen Evans, chief executive at Learning and Work Institute, makes the case for an 80% employment rate and how to achieve it.
9 May 2024
Evaluation of the Restart Scheme
Learning and Work Institute led this evaluation of Restart in partnership with Ipsos UK. The research aimed to evaluate the success of the Restart Scheme and inform the design of similar programmes in the future.
21 November 2023
Understanding benefits
New analysis shows that most working-age people receiving out-of-work benefits have been assessed as too ill to work or have caring responsibilities. In this report, L&W calls for a step change in support for people who want to work finding work.
27 September 2023
The Young Person’s Guarantee
This report from the Youth Employment Group, which L&W co-chair, proposes a new Youth Guarantee to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET).
21 April 2023
Health-led Trials Impact Evaluation Reports
These reports contain the detailed findings and analysis for the Health-led Trials, a large-scale randomised-controlled trial testing time-limited provision of Individual Placement and Support for people with health conditions in primary care.
3 April 2023
How impact investors can use technology to help adults benefit from employment
As part of our VocTech Challenge 2023 consultation programme, Ufi VocTech Trust, Tyton Partners and L&W recently convened a workshop with key impact investors to explore how to use technology to help every adult in the UK get the skills they need to participate in and benefit from employment. This blog post offers a brief summary of what was covered.