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  • Empowering voices, building community: How participating in a lived experience group has provided strength and connection in the drive for better work

    Riah is a member of the Better Work Network’s lived experience group. Read about their reflections joining the group and the difference they hope sharing their experience of work can make.
  • Delivering change through worker voice and representation

    Ava is a member of the Better Work Network’s lived experience group. They live in West London and work as a delivery driver for a well-known online retailer. Read their perspective on the importance of connection and voice in one of the fastest growing roles in the gig economy.
  • Supporting employee wellbeing, performance and progression at work

    Kristal is a member of the Better Work Network’s lived experience group. They live in South West London and work as a teaching assistant. Read about their experience accessing skills development opportunities at work, and how they think improved access to training could help to support employee wellbeing, performance and progression.
  • How is this winter going to be fair for people who earn little money? The government must think about us

    Riya is a member of the Better Work Network’s lived experience group. They live in South London and work in retail. Read about how rising prices are eroding their capability to afford essentials and their concerns surrounding the cost of living crisis.
  • Research and Reports 07 09 2022

    The cost of living crisis and its impact on low-income Londoners

    This briefing note examines the scale of the crisis facing the London and the UK, and the disproportionate impact on low income households. It also explores a wider set of factors that affects people’s ability to cope with record price increases. It
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  • 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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  • 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 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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