• Research and Reports 24 11 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 to 1.6 million people who have been out of work for 12 months or more.

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• Research and Reports 13 11 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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• Research and Reports 07 11 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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• Research and Reports 02 11 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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• Research and Reports 31 10 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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• Research and Reports 27 10 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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• Research and Reports 19 10 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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• Research and Reports 07 10 2020

  Making sure Kickstart works

  This briefing paper warns that a focus on creating as many Kickstart jobs as possible must not come at the expense of quality training support or potentially excluding young people that need the most help.

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• Research and Reports 10 09 2020

  Missing millions: Where will the jobs come from?

  This report shows that employment has taken up to seven years to recover after previous recessions. Employment recovery may be slower this time with big employers like hospitality and retail facing ongoing social distancing.

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• Research and Reports 26 08 2020

  Better Basic Skills: Better Business

  These resources were developed as part of a project, supported by the Department for Education, which focused on engaging employers with Adult Education Budget basic skills provision.

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• Research and Reports 26 08 2020

  Workplace Basic Skills Case Studies

  These case studies, produced for the Department for Education,  highlight features of effective practice in the delivery of basic skills - English, maths and digital – in the workplace.

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• Research and Reports 17 08 2020

  The future of the minimum wage - The employer perspective

  This is the second report in the series, looking into how employers reacted to the introduction of and increases to the minimum wage in the past, how they feel they will be able to handle planned future increases, and what support they might need.

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