Tony Wilson

Former employee

As of October 2024, Tony Wilson no longer works at IES.

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Back to Work Plan: welcome news “risks being drowned out by divisive rhetoric”

May Labour Market Statistics: Comment from the Institute for Employment Studies

Webinar: What Works in Youth Employment Partnerships

Labour market statistics: “clearest signs yet” that young people and lowest paid are being hit hardest by crisis

March jobs figures: A timely reminder that we must not lose sight of those already out of work

February jobs figures: a record breaking month, driven by disabled people and full-time work

January jobs figures: a strong start to the year, but those with health conditions are missing out (and it’s slow progress on ‘levelling up’)

Labour Market Statistics, July 2019: Another record breaking month, driven by the self-employed and older workers

Labour Market Statistics, June 2019: No news is good news overall, while employment of older people sets new records

Labour Market Statistics, May 2019: Beneath the headlines, more worrying signals on pay, employment and inequalities

Labour Market Statistics, April 2019: Employment continues to rise, but signs that earnings growth may have stalled

IES welcomes new Director of HR Consultancy and Research

IES response to Department for Work & Pensions’ support to help disabled people overcome barriers to work

Labour Market Statistics, March 2019: Another record breaking month, but more needed on long-term unemployment

Labour Market Statistics, February 2019: Beneath the headlines, more work is needed to tackle burning injustices

Our response to the January 2019 release of ONS labour market statistics

IES response to Amber Rudd's universal credit speech, 11 January 2019

IES response to the UK Government's Good Work Plan

UK labour market statistics: Good news to end the year, but reasons to be cautious

IES response to the 2018 Autumn Budget

Addressing today's labour market challenges is a huge task, but we need to try, and our work can help

Working for the future: five priorities for reforming employment support in the next parliament

We need more than a task force for ‘British jobs’: we need to rewire our approach to employment and skills

The Commission for Healthier Working Lives: building a consensus on how to address the decline in working-age health

Gradual, then sudden: why employment has stalled and what the Budget should do

All change: as government returns, we need a new plan for jobs and growth

Way to Work - a first step, but we can and must do better

One year on: we averted a jobs catastrophe, now we need to secure the recovery

Spending Review 2020: Good marks on support to find work, more to do on raising demand

Next week we need a Spending Review for jobs – here’s how

Sunak’s measures needed to protect workers and support the recovery - they don’t

The government’s Plan for Jobs: a comprehensive response to the crisis, but challenges remain

Six tests for the government’s not-a-budget next month

What’s going on with the unemployment data?

Racial inequality in the labour market has persisted for decades – we all have to play a part in addressing it

Cut taxes or spend more? Tackling unemployment at next month’s Budget

This is the biggest employment crisis that we’ve faced – we now need to respond

‘Falling through cracks’ or ‘left in limbo’ – fixing the holes in our safety net

We’ve never seen a month like this one – now we need to start planning for the recovery

Conference calls, coughs and children: Can parents really work from home?

Covid-19 Jobs and Incomes package: IES response

This crisis shows that sick pay and Universal Credit are no longer fit for purpose – here’s five ways that Parliament needs to fix them

March jobs figures: A timely reminder that we must not lose sight of those already out of work

February jobs figures: A record breaking month, driven by disabled people and full-time work

January jobs figures: a strong start to the year, but those with health conditions are missing out (and it’s slow progress on ‘levelling up’)

December jobs figures: reasons to be cheerful, but signs of three big challenges for next year

General Election 2019: Employment is out of the news but jobs could define the next five years

November jobs figures: Not much news is good news – but signs that women and young people are losing out as recruitment slows

October jobs figures: Largest drop in employment since 2015 and falling youth employment signals trouble ahead

Labour Market Statistics, September 2019: Mixed messages overall, but signs of trouble ahead

Spending Round 2019 – comment from Institute for Employment Studies

Nothing has changed? Five priorities for Amber Rudd and a new government

Labour Market Statistics, July 2019: Another record breaking month, driven by the self-employed and older workers

Labour Market Statistics, June 2019: No news is good news overall, while employment of older people sets new records

We need to tackle low pay – but we can’t do it without employers

Disability employment - a welcome start

Could pausing Universal Credit create the opportunity we need to fix it?

IES at 50: half a century in Brighton & Hove, our local labour market

Free movement will not end with this deal - and that's welcome news

Austerity, welfare reform and local growth - what to look out for in the 2018 Autumn Budget

Exploring the interactions between job quality, industries and health: A report for the Commission for Healthier Working Lives

Supporting ‘good work’ in active labour market policies

Over-50s employment support

Slides: IES HR Directors' Retreat 2023

Meeting Central London's Skill Needs

Work in Progress: Interim report of the Commission on the Future of Employment Support

Slides: The IES Annual Conference 2023

Costs of living impacts in Greater Brighton

Building opportunity

Working for the Future

Employment and Opportunity in the UK

Webinar: improving outcomes for young people: what next for policy-makers?

Improving outcomes for young people

Crisis? What crisis?

LGA Good Work Project

Behavioural insights in employment services

The Central London Works evaluation

Work Local: labour market analysis

Slides: The IES Annual Conference 2022

A better future: Transforming jobs and skills for young people post-pandemic

Situations vacant: Online job adverts during the crisis and recovery

The UK workforce in context: challenges and opportunities

An Unequal Crisis: The impact of the pandemic on the youth labour market

Laid low

The impacts of the coronavirus crisis on the labour market

Monthly vacancy analysis: Vacancy trends to week-ending 11 October 2020

Monthly vacancy analysis: Vacancy trends to week-ending 13 September 2020

Monthly vacancy analysis: Vacancy trends to week-ending 9 August 2020

Covid-19 and the low paid: Early analysis of Labour Force Survey

Weekly vacancy analysis: Vacancy trends in week-ending 28 June 2020

Weekly vacancy analysis: Vacancy trends in week-ending 14 June 2020

Weekly vacancy analysis: Vacancy trends in week ending 7 June 2020

Weekly vacancy analysis: Vacancy trends in week-ending 31 May 2020

Labour Market Statistics, May 2020: Analysis of Claimant Count data

Weekly vacancy analysis: Vacancy trends in week-ending 10 May 2020

Weekly vacancy analysis: Vacancy trends in week-ending 3 May 2020

Weekly vacancy analysis: Vacancy trends in week-ending 26 April 2020

Weekly vacancy analysis: Vacancy trends in week-ending 19 April 2020

Real time vacancy analysis: Early findings on changes in vacancy levels by local area and job type

Supporting disadvantaged young people into meaningful work

Getting Back to Work

Progression in Employment: A brief overview of policy options and evidence

Step Up: Year One Learning Report

Addressing barriers to work for disabled people and those with long term health conditions in Brighton & Hove

Evaluation of the Universal Support delivered locally trials

Halving the Gap: Making the Work and Health Programme work for disabled people

Scotland's Future Employment Services: Literature Review

Worklessness, Welfare and Social Housing

The Impacts of Welfare Reform in Oxford

Fit for Purpose: Transforming employment support for disabled people and those with health conditions

Minimum Wage Act ll: Options for strengthening the UK minimum wage

Making the Work Programme work for ESA Claimants: Analysis of minimum performance levels and payment models

Talent Match London: Supporting research and analysis on target boroughs and young unemployed Londoners aged 18-24

Work in Progress: Low Pay and Progression in London and the UK

The Local Impacts of Welfare Reform: An Assessment of Cumulative Impacts and Mitigations

Evaluation of Southwest Workways

Community Works: Putting Work, Skills and Enterprise a the Heart of Community Budgets

Tracking the Working Lives of Migrants in the UK

Evaluation of Want to Work

Youth unemployment: review of training for young people with low qualifications

A New Employment Programme for Northern Island: Feasibility Study

Hidden Talents: Skills mismatch analysis

Hidden Talents: Analysis of fragmentation of services to young people

Would devolving employment support be effective?

Wilson T, Work and Pensions Committee (House of Commons), 10 May 2024

The interaction between social security and paid employment

Wilson T, Drawing a line under poverty: the minimum income guarantee - Poverty Alliance, 13 March 2024

Out of pocket: The places at the sharp end of the cost of living crisis

Wilson T, Centre for Cities, July 2022

Fair flexible futures

Wilson T, Timewise, April 2022

Back to the Future: what comes next for the UK's post pandemic labour market?

Wilson T, The Economy 2030 Inquiry, November 2021

Youth Employment and Skills Summit 2021

Wilson T, Learning and Work Institute, October 2021

House of Lords Youth Unemployment Committee

Wilson T, Youth Unemployment Committee, June 2021

Community Renewal Fund: briefing for employment sector support

Wilson T, ERSA, April 2021

Will the employability sector recover?

Wilson T, Aptem, April 2021

Employment options and support for young disabled people

Wilson T, National Deaf Children’s Society, March 2021

How can UK tech companies get involved to help more young people find work

Wilson T, Adzuna and DWP webinar, March 2021

Covid Realities: Documenting everyday family life on a low-income during the pandemic

Wilson T, CRESR SHU webinar, March 2021

Analysing the budget from an employment and skills perspective

Wilson T, ERSA webinar, March 2021

Rising to the youth unemployment challenge

Wilson T, ERSA webinar, February 2021

Restart programme: Action and Analysis

Wilson T, ERSA webinar, January 2021

Securing young people's futures in a Covid disrupted world

Wilson T, Think Forward Webinar, October 2020

'Essential work' to 'good work' - ensuring the post Covid labour market is secure

Wilson T, Tony Blair Institute, September 2020

Storm ready: how to keep us afloat as unemployment hits

Wilson T, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, September 2020