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October 2025

Labour Market Statistics, October 2025

Comment from Naomi Clayton, IES Chief Executive, on this morning's Labour Market Statistics.

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23 Oct 2025

JobsPlus: early outcomes from a place-based pilot

Amy Fox summarises the results of the interim JobsPlus pilot evaluation, including their significance in the context of the Get Britain Working White Paper. This blog is in advance of the webinar IES will be hosting in November to explore additional emerging results from the evaluation, and what it means for future policy and practice.

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21 Oct 2025

HR and reward strategies 2025/6: ‘festina lente’ - act less, plan more

In his latest blog, Principal Associate Dr Duncan Brown questions whether HR leaders need to ‘think slow’, review their crisis-driven ‘fast’ reactions and plan a clearer direction for their future workforce.

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