Responding to the Government’s ‘Get Britain Working’ announcement

Responding to the Government’s ‘Get Britain Working’ announcement, Stephen Evans, Chief Executive of Learning and Work Institute, said:

“The Government’s 80% employment rate ambition is welcome and echoes our call for this target, which we showed could boost the economy by at least £23 billion. To get there, we need to extend help to find work to more people, as our research shows only one in ten out-of-work disabled people get help to find work each year. So these new trailblazers, aiming to do just that, are welcome, though we await the details of what they will actually involve. Beyond that, the upcoming White Paper needs to set out an ambitious ten-year plan to extend employment support, join up work, health and skills, and work with employers on their recruitment and retention approaches. The prize is there in both economic growth and individual opportunity.”