Boosting social mobility in Britain requires better education-to-work transitions for young people who have low qualifications. Reviewing the evidence, this report recommends that the government...
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Jobs & skills
New Skills at Work
Young people
Report
Using exclusive and up-to-the-minute data, IPPR analysis shows that other than an uncharacteristic downturn in job postings in the finance sector – particularly in London – employer recruitment...
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Jobs & skills
Business
Progressive Brexit
Report
This briefing paper reviews the government's new apprenticeship system for England – why reform was needed, how well the new system will work, concerns about its effects, and its implications for...
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Jobs & skills
Report
Young people
The North East has historically been considered a ‘low skills’ region, but there are indications that it may soon start to realise its potential as a hub for professional and technical skills. This...
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Jobs & skills
Business
IPPR North
Report
This report looks at the potential effectiveness and value of taking an 'invest to save' approach to the new Work and Health Programme. The ‘hardest-to-help’ have been left behind by employment...
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Jobs & skills
IPPR North
Report
This report looks at the jobs recovery in Scotland since 2010, the current jobs market and the implications for the skills system in Scotland of changes to Scotland’s economy. Scotland’s jobs...
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Jobs & skills
New Skills at Work
Scotland
IPPR Scotland
Report
The skills system in London could and should do more to ensure that Londoners have the best possible chance to enter employment and progress in work. London has been the engine of UK jobs growth...
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Jobs & skills
London
Report
Weak earnings growth over the last five years has made the Scottish economy smaller, and tax receipts lower, than was expected. Using IPPR Scotland's tax–benefit model, this paper assesses the scale...
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Scotland
IPPR Scotland
Report
Jobs & skills
The second annual European Jobs and Skills review examines employment and skills trends across Europe and in the continent's largest economies, considering how policy can better combat unemployment,...
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Jobs & skills
New Skills at Work
Report
As the number of maternal breadwinners continues to rise across Europe, this report compares the demographics of this phenomenon both across the continent and in Britain and Germany specifically,...
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Jobs & skills
Report
Families