News & articles
14 October 2025
Labour market stats response, October 2025
L&W's chief executive Stephen Evans and chief economist Dr Helen Gray respond to the latest labour market data from ONS.
8 October 2025
Restoring adult skills attainment to 2010 levels could boost the economy by £22 billion
A new report from Learning and Work Institute calls for sustained action to reverse over a decade of decline in adult literacy and numeracy skills as well as learning to GCSE and A level equivalent – with an economic prize of £22 billion at stake.
24 September 2025
Responding to DWP’s announcement on Youth Hubs
Learning and Work Institute deputy director Sam Avanzo Windett responds to DWP's expansion of the Youth Hub scheme and its partnership with football clubs to help young people into work.
18 September 2025
Piloting JobsPlus in the UK: community-led innovation
L&W deputy director Elizabeth Gerard reflects on the community-led innovation on show in the JobsPlus pilots across England.
17 September 2025
Report calls for overhaul of ‘unwieldy’ occupational standards to keep pace with the UK’s Industrial Strategy
A new report from Learning and Work Institute warns that England’s occupational standards lack the agility to train up workers for the eight ‘growth-driving’ industries in the UK’s Industrial Strategy.
16 September 2025
Labour market stats response, September 2025
L&W's chief economist Dr Helen Gray responds to the latest labour market data from ONS.
12 September 2025
Employers must do their part: How can the Government influence employers’ behaviours to tackle health-related economic inactivity?
Oriane Nermond, L&W research manager, considers how the Government can support employers to do more to support Disabled people and people with long-term health conditions to find sustainable work.
10 September 2025
‘Off the grid’: Just one in four young people who are NEET get help from the employment support system to find work
New research from Learning and Work Institute reveals a critical disconnect between the number of England’s young people who are not in education, employment or training and the number who receive employment support services.
8 September 2025
International Literacy Day 2025: (It’s still) time for action
Marking International Literacy Day 2025, L&W Deputy Director Alex Stevenson reflects again on the state of play on adult literacy. Spoiler alert – the positives are harder to see.
28 August 2025
More than 700 people engaged and 150 in jobs as housing associations across England trial new model of employment support for their tenants
Over 700 people have engaged in a new, community-led approach to finding work and increasing their earnings as a pilot programme involving social housing landlords across England enters its second year. Already, 150 participants have moved into work.
