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Responding to the Work and Pensions Secretary's plans to reach an 80% employment rate

Learning and Work Institute's chief executive, Stephen Evans, responds to the Work and Pensions Secretary's plans to reach an 80% employment rate.
Responding to the Work and Pensions Secretary's Back to Work plan

Learning and Work Institute's chief executive, Stephen Evans, responds to the Work and Pensions Secretary's Back to Work plan.
Research and Reports 01 07 2024

Aiming high: An 80% employment rate and how to deliver it

Stephen Evans, chief executive at Learning and Work Institute, makes the case for an 80% employment rate and how to achieve it.

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Responding to the Work and Pensions Secretary's plan for skills bootcamps

Learning and Work Institute's chief executive, Stephen Evans, responds to the Work and Pensions Secretary's plan for skills bootcamps to fill vacancies, 21 May 2024
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
Engage Britain’s 1.7m ‘forgotten workers’ to tackle long-term worker shortages

The UK has seen the biggest rise in people leaving the labour force of G7 countries through the pandemic, leaving employers short of workers. New research by Learning and Work Institute shows that this is part of a long-term demographic crunch as the baby boomer generation retire, and that there is a class and gender divide between those who can afford not to work and those who are unable to without much more support.
Research and Reports 16 02 2023

Missing workers

This report sheds light on the rise in economic inactivity showing that, while it was initially driven by a rise in people taking early retirement, people have a diverse range of reasons for not working.

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Research and Reports 25 09 2022

Towards full employment

This report argues that the UK should aim for an 80% employment rate for 16-64 year olds by 2035, requiring an extra 1.7 million people in work (not accounting for population growth) and bringing the UK into line with leading countries.

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Research and Reports 11 07 2022

The participation gap: The UK’s labour market through the pandemic in international context

Our new analysis explores how the UK compares to other countries on employment, inactivity and recovery since the pandemic.

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