Youth Offer Process Evaluation

The Department for Work and Pensions’(DWP) ‘Youth Offer’ aims to mitigate the unemployment impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on 16 to 24 year-old Universal Credit customers in the Intensive Work Search conditionality regime. This report presents findings from the...

Kickstart Scheme: A Quantitative Impact Assessment

Kickstart was aimed at 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit (UC) at risk of long-term unemployment. Kickstart was launched during the first COVID-19 lockdown. Kickstart was designed to mitigate the long-term effects of unemployment by providing 25 hours a week of...

Apprenticeships: October 2024

This publication updates the apprenticeships statistics to include the latest monthly data on apprenticeship starts, reported to date. This provisional data now covers August 2023 to June 2024. Key data includes: Apprenticeship starts were up by 1.1% to 278,590...

Make Work Pay

The Make Work Pay plan is a core part of the mission to grow the economy, raise living standards across the country and create opportunities. It aims to tackle low pay, poor working conditions and poor job security. The plan is designed to help more people to stay in...

Employment Rights Bill: What Businesses Need to Know

The government published its employment rights bill last week (10 October), encompassing 28 individual reforms to boost pay and productivity and improve security for workers. The bill removes the two-year qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal, as well...