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Three tests for the Government’s health and disability benefit Green Paper

In an article originally published in FE News, Stephen Evans, L&W's chief executive, sets out three tests for the Government's forthcoming Green Paper on health and disability benefits.
20 seaside towns and former industrial areas are home to 1 in 10 people who are economically inactive due to poor health

New research from Learning and Work Institute reveals almost ten percent of people who are economically inactive due to poor health live in only 20 of the UK’s 372 local authorities, with these areas representing just 4% of the UK population. Seaside towns and former mining and manufacturing communities fare the worst.
Research and Reports 25 02 2025

The benefit trap

This report looks at how the benefit system is trapping 3.5 million people on sickness benefits and how doubling the help available could help an extra 500,000 people into work over ten years.

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Reforming the ‘benefit trap’ to offer more support to disabled people could help half a million more people into work by 2035

New research finds that the benefit system is trapping 3.5 million people on sickness benefits and that doubling the help available could help an extra 500,000 people into work over 10 years.
Achieving the Government’s new employment rate target will require a fully inclusive employment system

Reflecting L&W's recent research for Health Equals, Research Manager Hazel Klenk calls for an employment system underpinned by the principles of fairness and full inclusion, rather than one that is fundamentally ableist.
Research and Reports 17 10 2024

What support helps disabled people and people with health conditions move into sustainable work?

This research, commissioned by Health Equals, showcases effective practice and sets out recommendations to meet the social and economic imperative to help disabled people and people with long-term health conditions into work.

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Responding to the Prime Minister's speech on welfare reform

Learning and Work Institute's chief executive, Stephen Evans, responds to the Prime Minister's speech on welfare reform, 19 April 2024
Research and Reports 02 08 2023

The future of work: protected characteristics in a changing workplace

The EHRC has commissioned L&W to conduct research into the major drivers of changes in the world of work. This report looks at the impact of three long-term British labour market trends on people with certain protected characteristics.

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Research and Reports 21 04 2023

Health-led Trials Impact Evaluation Reports

These reports contain the detailed findings and analysis for the Health-led Trials, a large-scale randomised-controlled trial testing time-limited provision of Individual Placement and Support for people with health conditions in primary care.

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