This report proposes a new framework for emotional health, which will support employers to consider and improve the mental health, wellbeing and social and emotional competencies of their workforce....
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New Skills at Work
IPPR
Trade union membership has declined significantly and consistently over the last forty years. From a peak of over 13 million members in 1979, membership has fallen to just over 6 million today....
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Commission on Economic Justice
The north of England needs a skilled workforce and a system for skills development that meets the changing needs of the regional economy. Qualifications levels across the north of England are lower...
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Devolution & local leadership
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The UK has a lost decade of wage growth. Real terms earnings for the period 2007 to 2016 have seen the biggest average contraction since the period 1851 to 1862.
This long squeeze is in part...
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Jobs & skills
The announcement on Tuesday that the Government will be lifting the public sector pay cap will be both welcome, and hugely disappointing for millions of public sector workers.
In 2011/12, the...
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Our economy and our labour market are set to experience profound, rapid and accelerating change in the coming years. We are entering what some have called the fourth industrial revolution, with some...
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Jobs & skills
Younger workers face a future employment landscape that could damage their mental health and wellbeing unless we take action.
As a result of the evolution of the UK labour market over the past 25...
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Jobs & skills
Young people
The UK economy is set to undergo significant change in the coming years. The impact of rapidly advancing technology, an ageing population and exiting the EU will leave our economy looking very...
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Economy
Jobs & skills
New Skills at Work
IPPR
One year on from our landmark Northern Schools report with Teach First, IPPR North's Anna Round surveys the region's educational landscape.
In the year since IPPR North’s Northern Schools...
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IPPR North
Older people now make up a larger proportion of the UK's population than ever before. This report sets out the changes we need to make to policies for older workers, systems for funding retirement,...
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Jobs & skills
IPPR North
Business
Older people