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April Labour Market Statistics: comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
15 Apr 2025IES analysis of this month's Labour Market Statistics.
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March Labour Market Statistics: comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
20 Mar 2025IES analysis of this month's Labour Market Statistics.
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February Labour Market Statistics: comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
18 Feb 2025IES analysis of this month's Labour Market Statistics.
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The Institute for Employment Studies appoints new Chief Executive Officer
20 Jan 2025The Institute for Employment Studies is delighted to announce the appointment of Naomi Clayton as its new Chief Executive Officer.
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December Labour Market Statistics: comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
17 Dec 2024IES analysis of this month's Labour Market Statistics, published December 17th 2024
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November Labour Market Statistics: comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
12 Nov 2024IES analysis of this month's Labour Market Statistics.
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October Labour Market Statistics: comment from the Institute for Employment Studies
16 Oct 2024The 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.
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Tony Wilson, Institute Director at IES, to join Department for Work and Pensions in October
2 Oct 2024Tony 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.
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“An employment service fit for the future, not stuck in the past”
20 Sep 2024This week, we launched the final report of our Commission on the Future of Employment Support in partnership with abrdn Financial Fairness Trust.
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The Commission on the Future of Employment Support
18 Sep 2024With the final report just launched, IES 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.