It's kind of mad that vacancies are inching back to pre covid levels but that Bank rate is still at 5.25 per cent. Not clear that labour market tightness is contributing much (anymore) to persistence.

Great news that Prof Paul Gregg will be chairing a Labour Market Advisory Board for the DWP. Paul is one of Britain's leading labour market economists and has vast policy knowledge (& I feel lucky to have worked with him (sporadically) for over 20 yrs). gov.uk/government/new…

looking fwd to reading this! Great thread.

"Care is a vital part of society which remains invisible and undervalued... Many people who want to care, are unable to make that choice freely... or are in caring roles but at enormous personal cost" Great blog from my (new!) colleague Kyla Ellis 👇 employment-studies.co.uk/news/will-new-…

🚨Our regular labour market briefing note will resume publication next month. IES Director Tony Wilson has posted a thread reflecting on this morning's figures on Bluesky with the handle wilsontony.