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September Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
12 Sep 2023While today’s figures see a welcome return to real pay growth, the jobs data is very weak indeed.
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The Commission on the Future of Employment Support
25 Jul 2023IES details The Commission on the Future of Employment Support to develop evidence-led proposals for reform of our system of employment support and services, so that it can better meet the needs of individuals, employers and our economy.
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July Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
11 Jul 2023Today’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%.
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June Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
13 Jun 2023Today’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.
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May Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
16 May 2023The 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.
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Celebrating the first birthday of the IES Trials Unit
27 Apr 2023A summary of the latest activities of the IES Trials Unit
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IPA and IES open a new chapter
27 Apr 2023The 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.
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April Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
18 Apr 2023Today’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.
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Budget 2023: Institute for Employment Studies reaction – much to welcome but more to do
16 Mar 2023Yesterday’s Budget leaves three significant challenges – around the scale, breadth and pace of reform; and unanswered questions particularly around benefit conditionality and sanctions.
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March Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
14 Mar 2023There 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.