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  • Nearly 6 million people are balancing employment with unpaid care. Targeted support is required to help them pursue fulfilling careers, new research finds

    Funded by the Health Foundation to inform the Commission for Healthier Working Lives, this report sets out a range of policy options to fix the foundations of support for carers before the demand for care rises uncontrollably.
  • Research and Reports 12 06 2025

    Balancing work and care

    A new report from Learning and Work Institute for the Commission for Healthier Working Lives warns targeted support is required to help the UK's 6 million unpaid carers pursue fulfilling careers where they can and want to work.
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  • Living and working with a long-term health condition: What makes good employment support?

    Charley Hullah chronicles his lived experience of employment support programmes and calls for more holistic support.
  • Research and Reports 17 04 2025

    Estimating the impacts of extra employment support for disabled people

    In light of the Government's recent Pathways to Work Green Paper, this briefing note explores what impact the Government's proposed increase in employment support could have for disabled people.
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  • Responding to the Government's Pathways to Work Green Paper

    Learning and Work Institute chief executive Stephen Evans responds to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions' Pathways to Work Green Paper.
  • 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 10 03 2025

    An exploration of local variations in health and job outcomes across the UK

    The number of people economically inactive due to ill health has risen across all UK nations and regions. But a closer look at variations in health and job outcomes across the country reveals persistent inequalities between local areas.
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  • Research and Reports 10 03 2025

    Supporting workers’ health and access to better work

    A new report from Learning and Work Institute for the Commission for Healthier Working Lives sets out what we know about what works to support disabled people and people with long-term health conditions.
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