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May 2025

Labour Market Statistics, May 2025

This briefing sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published this morning.

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9 Jun 2025

Carers in focus: supporting and retaining workers with caring responsibilities

In support of the national Carers Week initiative, Alison Carter and Arundhati Dave reflect on recent IES research that considers what works best in helping people with caring responsibilities to enter, or return to the labour market - and stay in work.

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2 Jun 2025

Bridging the care gap: can the UK meet demand without overseas recruitment?

With the UK government proposing to close overseas recruitment for health and social care workers, Seemanti Ghosh explores what this means for the UK’s care sector, and whether the labour market is prepared to absorb these changes without deepening existing workforce shortages.

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