Jobs & skills

Working together: Towards a new public employment service

This paper outlines a proposal to develop a new public employment service for transformative long term change

05/09/2023

Publication Report Jobs & skills IPPR

The sanctions surge: Shining a light on the universal credit sanctions regime

This briefing paper seeks to shine a light on the benefit sanctions regime in universal credit by analysing publicly available data from the Department for Work and Pensions.

22/03/2023

Publication Report Jobs & skills Public services IPPR

Delivering a fair work recovery in Scotland: Securing a living income for all

Fair work can provide people with a decent standard of living, a sense of purpose and a means of contributing to society. But for too many people in Scotland, work fails to deliver decent living standards or the security on which to build a good life.

23/08/2021

Publication Report Jobs & skills Scotland IPPR Scotland

No longer 'managing': The rise of working poverty and fixing Britain's broken social settlement

In this paper we trace the emergence of a poorly understood social challenge and one which symbolises Britain’s broken ‘social settlement’: the continued rise in working poverty since the beginning of this century.

26/05/2021

Publication Report Jobs & skills Equality Future Welfare State IPPR

The narrow corridor

New research reveals the scale of the job losses under the Chancellor’s new Job Support Scheme and the Job Retention Bonus when the furlough scheme winds up at the end of the month.

10/10/2020

Publication Report Economy Jobs & skills Centre for Economic Justice Coronavirus response Future Welfare State IPPR

Rescue and recovery: Covid-19, jobs and income security

We are entering a period of high unemployment with stifled job creation. The government's response to the unemployment crisis so far relies on a quicker bounce back in economic activity than either the Office for Budget Responsibility or the Bank of England are predicting.

16/08/2020

Publication Report Jobs & skills Coronavirus response Future Welfare State IPPR

Better than cure: Injury prevention policy

Injuries are the leading cause of preventable death in children and young people. As such, they present a significant cost to individuals, society, and the economy. Although the UK has been a world leader in injury prevention policy, austerity and a lack of strategy have hampered further improvement.

13/08/2020

Publication Report Jobs & skills Business Centre for Economic Justice IPPR

Social (in)security: Reforming the UK’s social safety net

The UK has experienced a decade of austerity. While this has not resulted in a dramatic decrease in public spending in absolute terms, it does represent the longest pause in real-terms spending...

14/11/2019

Publication Report Jobs & skills IPPR Future Welfare State

The 'not quite managings': The depth of income crisis in the UK

Households in income crisis, who cannot afford to pay two or more of their essential bills, are having to make the choice between heating their homes or buying food. This report argues sets out the...

04/04/2017

Publication Report Jobs & skills

Working well: A plan to reduce long term sickness absence

Not enough is being done by businesses or government to prevent people leaving work and moving onto sickness benefits; the result is a stubbornly high number of employment support allowance and...

15/02/2017

Publication Jobs & skills Business New Skills at Work Report