Employment
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.
10 March 2025
An exploration of local variations in health and job outcomes across the UK
The number of people economically inactive due to ill health has risen across all UK nations and regions. But a closer look at variations in health and job outcomes across the country reveals persistent inequalities between local areas.
27 February 2025
Responding to the latest NEET data, February 2025
L&W's chief executive Stephen Evans responds to the latest ONS figures on young people who are not in education, employment or training.
25 February 2025
Reforming the ‘benefit trap’ to offer more support to disabled people could help half a million more people into work by 2035
New research finds that the benefit system is trapping 3.5 million people on sickness benefits and that doubling the help available could help an extra 500,000 people into work over 10 years.
25 February 2025
The benefit trap
This report looks at how the benefit system is trapping 3.5 million people on sickness benefits and how doubling the help available could help an extra 500,000 people into work over ten years.
18 February 2025
Labour Market Briefing: February 2025
Our analysis of the latest labour market statistics from ONS, released on 18 February 2025.
18 February 2025
Labour market stats response, February 2025
L&W's chief executive Stephen Evans and chief economist Dr Helen Gray respond to the latest labour market data from ONS.
23 January 2025
Achieving the Government’s new employment rate target will require a fully inclusive employment system
Reflecting L&W's recent research for Health Equals, Research Manager Hazel Klenk calls for an employment system underpinned by the principles of fairness and full inclusion, rather than one that is fundamentally ableist.
21 January 2025
Labour Market Briefing: January 2025
Our analysis of the latest labour market statistics from ONS, released on 21 January 2025.
21 January 2025
Labour market stats response, January 2025
L&W's chief executive Stephen Evans and chief economist Dr Helen Gray respond to the latest labour market data from ONS.
