The Work Foundation

📝Today, we release new longitudinal analysis that shows that insecure work in the UK is a trap for millions not a short-term stop gap (1/8). #NoProgress 🔗lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundatio…

Today’s ONS labour market figures are a cause for concern as unemployment remains elevated at 5.2% while wage growth cooled significantly to a five-year low of 3.8%, writes @AmanNavani_ (Senior Research and Policy Analyst). Read: lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundatio…

"many of whom are still grappling with the legacy of the cost-of-living crisis earlier in the decade. (6/6) Read the full statement here: lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundatio…

“The Government must therefore remain on high alert and ready to provide additional support should conditions deteriorate further. Rising prices will disproportionately affect low-paid and insecure workers... (5/6)

Comment from our Director, @BRHarrison_, on the latest release from @ONS ⬇️ “Today’s figures indicate the UK labour market continues to face a wide range of significant challenges, even before the effects of increased global instability... (1/6)

The UK labour market has become an increasingly challenging place for young people and disabled people. Jess Redmond and Emelia Williams wrote for @FENews calling for action to tackle the widening youth and disabled unemployment gaps: fenews.co.uk/exclusive/we-m…

ONLINE EVENT: Join us on 24 March to explore the future of remote and hybrid work in the UK, and how it can be utilised to improve access to secure and flexible employment in the years ahead. Sign-up: eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-the-rise-…

workers in ill-health to re-shape the their employment to better accommodate their health conditions. 2. It needs to move beyond an information-sharing exercise among committed employers and instead builds evidence about what works where challenges are greatest. (5/5)

Our findings offer two key lessons that could help turn Keep Britain Working Review’s vision of workplace health into a reality. 1. It must explore how interventions such as greater flexibility, enhance autonomy, and paid sick leave can be effectively utilised to enable (4/5)

Today, we have released new analysis looking at how the Government can make the Keep Britain Working Vanguard Phase - led by Sir Charlie Mayfield - a success. Read the article (1/5): lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundatio…

Applications for our Policy Advisor vacancy close at 11.59pm on Thursday 5 March 2026. If you're a talented researcher who wants to tackle structural inequalities in the labour market, then do check out the role: lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundatio….

Comment from our Director, @BRHarrison_, on the Chancellor's Spring Forecast. “Despite the Chancellor seeking to strike a robust tone regarding the impact of the Government’s economic agenda, ultimately the pace of progress remains slow." Full statement: lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundatio…

Previous Work Foundation research echoes these findings. We have found that benefit conditionality can also prevent claimants from taking up training courses that would have boosted their long-term career prospects. (5/5) lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundatio…

Due to this mix of harsh conditionality and lack of secure work in some regions of the country, jobs done by Universal Credit claimants are of lower quality relative to the general population on a wide range of measures including autonomy, security and work-life balance. (4/5)

This month’s #ResearchoftheMonth goes to @NEF for its latest report investigating the relationship between the level of conditionality within the benefits system and low-quality employment. (1/5) @_maxmosley new-economicsf.files.svdcdn.com/production/fil…