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November 2025

Labour Market Statistics, November 2025

Comment from Naomi Clayton, IES Chief Executive, on this morning's Labour Market Statistics.

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11 Nov 2025

Maintaining momentum to Keep Britain Working

Naomi Clayton takes an in-depth look at the newly published Keep Britain Working Review, including summarising the key findings and how the recommendations can best be implemented.

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23 Oct 2025

JobsPlus: early outcomes from a place-based pilot

Amy Fox summarises the results of the interim JobsPlus pilot evaluation, including their significance in the context of the Get Britain Working White Paper. This blog is in advance of the webinar IES will be hosting in November to explore additional emerging results from the evaluation, and what it means for future policy and practice.

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