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Opinion piece by me Learning and Work Institute and Luke Bocock National Foundation for Educational Research Are employers right about skills gaps – or are we overlooking perception gaps? peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/187838… via People Management

📰 In People Management, Sam Avanzo Windett and Luke Bocock National Foundation for Educational Research call on employers to ask themselves ‘what more can I do to maximise the Essential Employment Skills of my workers?’ peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/187838…

Because of things like how we learn and grow, housing and jobs, where you’re born can cut your life short by up to 16 years. Let’s #MakeHealthEqual by taking action on the building blocks of health. Find out about the campaign⬇️healthequals.org.uk

NEW Learning and Work Institute briefing note on why an 80% employment rate ambition (a proposal Labour has adopted) is a demographic imperative & with a £23bn economic prize. And how we can get there by widening employment support, join up public services, and working with employers. 🧵

💬 Stephen Evans reacts to #GeneralElection2024, congratulating the Labour party and welcoming their ambitions for an 80% employment rate, Skills England and a new Growth and Skills Levy. “The prize is a fairer and more prosperous country.” learningandwork.org.uk/news-and-polic…

Congratulations Alison McGovern and Sir Stephen Timms on your appointments as Ministers of State Department for Work and Pensions

Including calls to pause qualification defunding, extend UKSPF projects by one year, and replace previous govt disability benefit reform consultations with a full employment plan in 2025. Plus trailblazers for green energy & construction skills, & better work & health support.

Baroness Sherlock OBE has been appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentre revamp to focus on career advice rather than policing benefits on.ft.com/4bCEpWf

✍️ Stephen Evans responds to Liz Kendall DWP’s new Back to Work plan. “Increasing employment can boost both growth and opportunity, and Learning and Work Institute has been calling for the UK to aim for an 80% employment rate since 2022.” learningandwork.org.uk/news-and-polic…

End of an era, EDSK wrapping things up post General Election. Always a great source of debate, insight and challenge on ed & skills policy. Hopefully to be continued elsewhere soon! 📚

“We will give local places the responsibility and resources to design a joined-up work, health and skills offer... Department for Work and Pensions will support local areas to make a success of this new approach. And we will devolve new powers over employment support...” gov.uk/government/new…

Just today we launched a new paper on how Youth Employment Hubs should be at the heart of the government's approach to supporting young people back into work. demos.co.uk/research/launc…

It's good to see Liz Kendall setting a bold ambition for growing the employment rate, by empowering local leaders to better join-up work, health and skills We estimate that achieving an 80% employment rate would boost the economy by £23bn & public finances by £8bn p.a.

Great piece by David Smith citing Learning and Work Institute: "...the think tank that first proposed an 80% employment target, notes that some countries are already above this level, including Iceland, the Netherlands and Switzerland, while Japan and New Zealand are closing in on it."

Thank you camilla cavendish Financial Times for citing our analysis on economic inactivity. ✍️ 1 in 5 economically inactive people, including 600k disabled people, want to work. But only 1-in-10 out-of-work older and disabled people get help to find work each year. ft.com/content/52bb23…

Want an incredible job shaping the future of UK economic & social policy and leading a wonderfully talented team? Seriously, there's not a better job out there. Come and lead Resolution Foundation. jobs.economist.com/job/34939/chie…

Great to read young people’s positive views on Department for Work and Pensions Youth Hubs, following Youth Employment Group’s work establishing and supporting them. Important recs on funding, data and good practice, arguing Hubs should be a central part of Labour’s plans. More on evaluation needed too

“The challenge is large, but so is the prize.” ✍️ L&W chief executive Stephen Evans responds to the latest #labourmarket stats from Office for National Statistics (ONS). Discover more and subscribe to receive our full briefing later today. ⤵️ learningandwork.org.uk/news-and-polic…

Reminder: this was the previous Govt ESF replacement. It was smaller than ESF, delayed, is now underspent, and ends with a cliff edge in March 25 meaning projects will start scaling down now. Hope new Govt sets out a long term investment plan…