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Reports & briefings

16 December 2020

Tackling single parent poverty after coronavirus

This report explores the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on single parent employment and incomes, and sets out what needs to happen to tackle single parent poverty after coronavirus.

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5 December 2020

Tackling multiple disadvantage: Final evaluation report

This is the final report of a three-year evaluation of the Tackling Multiple Disadvantage (TMD) project, which was run by Crisis UK.

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24 November 2020

Work & Skills for the long-term unemployed

A new ‘Work & Skills’ initiative is needed for people who are long-term unemployed. Next year there could be between 1 and 1.6 million people who have been out of work for 12 months or more.

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13 November 2020

Learning ladders

The Social Mobility Commission funded L&W in partnership with the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) to investigate the role of adult training in supporting progression from low pay.

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7 November 2020

Levelling up skills after coronavirus: The role of trade unions and social partnership in workforce training

This report explores the role of trade unions and social partnership in the adult skills and workplace training system - both in the UK and internationally.

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2 November 2020

Learning through lockdown

The 2020 Adult Participation in Learning Survey explores people’s experiences of learning since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic and the national lockdown introduced on 23 March 2020.

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31 October 2020

Time to act – Tackling the looming rise in long-term unemployment

This report explores the potential increase in long term unemployment as a result of the coronavirus crisis, and sets out the scale of support that will be needed to help people back to work.

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27 October 2020

Crisis in the capital

This report explores the impact of the coronavirus crisis on London’s labour market and low-paid Londoners. It sets out what could be done by central government and London local government to mitigate the impact of the crisis, and build back better.

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19 October 2020

The future of the minimum wage – Autumn briefing

This briefing paper aims to contribute to the debate by highlighting the findings from our ongoing research programme with Carnegie UK Trust on the future of the minimum wage.

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19 October 2020

Levy paying employer decisions

Learning and Work Institute was commissioned by the Department for Education to conduct qualitative research following the introduction of the apprenticeship levy.

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