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Urgent action needed to fix apprenticeship levy and prevent ‘creeping rationing’ of training

Government must urgently reform the apprenticeship levy and provide additional funding to prevent the loss of up to 75,000 apprenticeships at SMEs. New data uncovered by Learning and Work Institute shows the assumptions that underpinned the apprenticeship levy are flawed.
Can an ‘Opportunity Guarantee’ prevent a pandemic generation?

What should an opportunity guarantee look like, and what should government bear in mind in designing this?
Two in three workers support further increases in the minimum wage

As the minimum wage increases by a record amount, new research shows overwhelming support for further rises to the wage floor in order to tackle low pay.
Coronavirus set to reverse five years of employment growth in one month

New analysis by Learning and Work Institute shows that the coronavirus crisis will cause an unprecedented increase in unemployment which risks exacerbating pre-existing economic inequalities.
Extend and reform Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to avoid ‘second wave’ of unemployment and help Britain back to work

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme must be extended for three months and reformed in order to prevent a ‘second wave’ of unemployment and support a phased return to work.
Introduce 'Plan for Jobs' to prevent Great Depression levels of unemployment

The Government has been urged to develop an ambitious ‘Plan for Jobs’ to reverse the record rise in unemployment triggered by the coronavirus crisis.
Research and Reports 28 10 2019

Bridging the Gap: next steps for the apprenticeship levy

New research from Learning and Work Institute shows that the assumptions on which the apprenticeship levy were based are flawed, and that as a result the levy is set to be over-spent.

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Research and Reports 11 04 2020

Coronavirus and the labour market: Impacts and challenges

Coronavirus is a public health crisis, but it is also having a profound impact on our economy. We explore the early evidence of the impact on our labour market, which is set to lead to the sharpest spike in unemployment on record.

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Projects 31 03 2020

Future of the minimum wage

Learning and Work Institute has partnered with Carnegie Trust to explore the impact of increasing the UK-wide minimum wage on workers, employers and the economy. We will be producing a series of reports from different perspectives.

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