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  • Levelling Up: The employment and skills measures we need to build prosperity

    The Government’s Levelling Up agenda seeks to address regional inequalities and improve prosperity and living standards across the country. Explore our interactive map which shows the key metrics for levelling up, including work and skills, both individually and as a single index.
  • Research and Reports 26 01 2022

    Good jobs in Scotland

    Our research on behalf of the Poverty and Inequality Commission in Scotland aims to inform the development of its advice and recommendations on how the Scottish Government can support the creation of more ‘good jobs’ and reduce in-work poverty.
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  • Response to Plan for Jobs expansion announced at Conservative Party Conference on 4 October

    The Chancellor’s announcement on the extension of several Plan for Jobs schemes at the Conservative Party Conference is welcome. But support needs to go further.
  • Research and Reports 22 09 2021

    Better Work Audit: Job quality in London over the last decade

    The Better Work Audit builds on research on the quality of work in London. We examine public data on job quality in the capital, and how this compares to the UK trend.
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  • Research and Reports 07 07 2021

    Learning at work: Employer investment in skills

    Employers are major investors in learning and skills – investment that will be crucial for economic recovery. This report identifies falling employer investment in skills, stark inequalities with some groups and sectors missing out.
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  • Londoners call on the Mayor to prioritise good work post-pandemic as prevalence of insecure work increases

    New polling of over 1,000 Londoners by Learning and Work Institute’s and Trust for London’s Better Work Network, sheds light on how the quality of work in the capital has been affected by the pandemic.
  • Research and Reports 02 06 2021

    Paved with gold? Views on job quality in the capital

    This paper looks at the priorities for employment in London, exploring Londoner’s views on work and what their priorities are for the Mayor of London over the next three years.
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  • Research and Reports 27 05 2021

    Disability Employment: from pandemic to recovery

    Our research with Black Stork Charity looks at the impact of the pandemic on the employment, pay and finances of disabled people.
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  • Pandemic has widened jobs and skills inequalities, putting ‘levelling up’ at risk

    The coronavirus pandemic has worsened inequalities in work and incomes, hitting groups including young people, single parents, and people from BAME backgrounds hardest, according to a new report.

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