• Research and Reports 30 07 2020

  The impact of the coronavirus outbreak on London’s low paid workers

  This paper presents early findings from research examining the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on low paid workers in London. The findings are based on new analysis of labour market data and original polling.

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• Blog 17 10 2019

  The sobering reality and growing significance of low-paid and insecure work

  The high levels of interest in our work reflect the sobering reality of the growing significance of the issues of low pay and insecure, poor quality work.
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  Good work & progression

  Our work focuses on supporting people in work to progress, whether that be through increasing their earnings or moving to a better quality job.

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• Blog 24 06 2019

  In-work support: A provider’s perspective

  While successive governments have touted ‘work as the best route out of poverty’, the rising tide of working poor across the UK tells another story. The growth in high risk, low remuneration jobs – typified by the gig economy, zero-hour contracts and other forms of casualised labour – has meant that work doesn’t always pay.
• Blog 13 03 2018

  Stepping up: learning ‘what works’ to progress low paid workers

  While there is much to celebrate about the record high rates of employment, an increasing amount of attention is being paid to the types of employment that people are in.
• Blog 06 09 2018

  Better Work Network: Working together to tackle low pay and in-work poverty

  Data from the 2017 London Poverty Profile paints a mixed picture for Londoners. Whilst employment participation has steadily improved across the capital – 73% of the working-age population now in employment – other indicators tell a different tale.
• Blog 08 12 2017

  Reducing poverty and increasing skills: the role of in-work provision

  As seems to be post-2015 norm, it’s been an eventful week in the world of politics and, as usual, the rumblings-on of Brexit seems to have drowned out other important happenings…
• Blog 17 07 2018

  Moving up or moving out: skills for getting unstuck

  How do we repair this breakdown between work and prosperity – or at least work and a decent standard of living? From a skills point of view, we must start by building an effective post-16 education system so that a low-skill, low-pay job ceases to be anybody’s only option.
• Projects 04 07 2016

  The Step Up Pilot

  An innovative pilot in London to trial new approaches to help low-paid workers progress in their careers and move into better work. Learning and Work Institute worked with Trust for London and the Walcott Foundation.

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