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While today’s figures see a welcome return to real pay growth, the jobs data is very weak indeed.

We are keen to hear from employers about what they need and want from the public employment service to inform our research for The Commission on the Future of Employment Support.

Today’s figures have perhaps the first signs that higher interest rates may be starting to put the brakes on the economy, with unemployment ticking up to 4%.

Today’s jobs figures are broadly positive, with the level of employment finally back to where it was on the eve of the pandemic and with working hours also returning to pre-Covid levels.

The stand-out figure in today’s data is another sharp increase in the number of people off work with long-term health conditions, up by nearly a hundred thousand in the last quarter to over 2.5 million people.

A summary of the latest activities of the IES Trials Unit.

The Involvement & Participation Association (IPA) and Institute for Employment Studies (IES) are delighted to announce that the two organisations will merge from 1st May. The move will see the IPA team join IES, while continuing to retain their operational independence.

Today’s figures continue the trend of gradual improvement that we’ve seen over the last couple of months. But progress in the labour market is painfully slow.

Yesterday’s Budget leaves three significant challenges – around the scale, breadth and pace of reform; and unanswered questions particularly around benefit conditionality and sanctions.

There are still nearly half a million fewer people in work than before the Covid-19 pandemic, driven by more people out of work due to long-term health conditions and more older people out of work.