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9 Ebrill 2025
Spotlight on Aberdeen: A place-based approach to lifelong learning
In partnership with Ufi VocTech Trust, we’ve launched an innovative place-based collaboration to boost adult participation in learning across Aberdeen. This blog gives an update on our progress.
4 Ebrill 2025
Three in five young people who are neither learning nor working have never had a paid job, new analysis finds
New research on the UK’s near one million young people aged 16 to 24 who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) reveals three in five (58%) have never had a paid job.
4 Ebrill 2025
Young people who are not in education, employment, or training – what does the data tell us?
This briefing provides an overview of the scale of how many NEET young people there are in the UK, what the characteristics of NEET young people are, and the differences in opportunity between different areas of England.
4 Ebrill 2025
Youth Opportunity Index 2025
Our Youth Opportunity Index 2025 gives a detailed portrait of the opportunities and challenges for every young person broken down by local education authority. It has revealed the intra-regional differences in England as well as regional ones.
26 Mawrth 2025
Responding to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s spring statement 2025
L&W's chief executive Stephen Evans responds to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's spring statement on 26 March 2025.
20 Mawrth 2025
Labour Market Briefing: March 2025
Our analysis of the latest labour market statistics from ONS, released on 20 March 2025.
20 Mawrth 2025
Responding to the Keep Britain Working Review’s new report
L&W's deputy director Elizabeth Gerard responds to the latest report from the Government's Keep Britain Working Review on 20 March 2025.
20 Mawrth 2025
Labour market stats response, March 2025
L&W's chief economist Dr Helen Gray responds to the latest labour market data from ONS.
18 Mawrth 2025
Responding to the Government’s Pathways to Work Green Paper
L&W's chief executive Stephen Evans responds to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions' Pathways to Work Green Paper announcement on 18 March 2025.
17 Mawrth 2025
Three tests for the Government’s health and disability benefit Green Paper
In an article originally published in FE News, Stephen Evans, L&W's chief executive, sets out three tests for the Government's forthcoming Green Paper on health and disability benefits.
