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Nick Litsardopoulos takes an in depth look into recent political turbulence, technological change and legislation relating to employment, and how these, among other factors, have had an impact on the current UK labour market.

With the White Paper just published, Becci Newton considers the new government plans to reform the employment support system and 'Get Britain Working'.

Dr Zofia Bajorek summarises the findings from IES and Working With Cancer's recent research into how cancer patients returning to work are currently supported, and best policies and practice moving forward.

IES analysis of this month's Labour Market Statistics.

In this guest blog post, Professor Tristram Hooley reflects on the main findings from research into career guidance practitioners’ attitudes to construction and explores what the implications might be for careers practice.

The figures out this month, as with those of the past couple of months, show improvement on the very weak data that we saw earlier in the year, with employment rising to 75% from 74.8%, unemployment down to 4.0% from 4.1% and economic inactivity at 21.8% from 21.9% previously.

Tony Wilson will be stepping down as the Director of the Institute for Employment Studies in October, in order to take up a new post at the Department for Work and Pensions as an Expert Adviser.

In a blog originally published by Adzuna, Nick Litsardopoulos examines the rapid rise in Ai technology, its impact on jobs and job market, and how it fits into the historical context of ever-changing work and employment patterns.