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Ahead of next week's Budget, Tony Wilson details an action plan for government to tackle the underlying causes of economic inactivity - to help those who want to work to get back in, help people stay in work, and to make work better.

Duncan Brown reflects on the challenges of setting appropriate pay levels in 2023 and urges employers to move away from low pay models and 'going rates' and instead consider a broader and more thoughtful, tailored approach to pay setting.

Olivia Garner, Alexandra Nancarrow and Anneka Dawson present findings from their recent evaluation of Phase 2 of the Coaching Early Conversation Interaction and Language (CECIL) projects, designed to help practitioners in Private, Voluntary and Independent (PVI) settings to develop their practice to support speech and language outcomes for 2- to 3-year-olds.

IES has signed the Age-friendly Employer Pledge, a nationwide programme run by the Centre for Ageing Better.

Abbie Winton, Claudia-Plowden Roberts and Jade Talbot set out the actions that government need to take, in order to close the gender pension gap and ensure that women are supported during their working lives.

Cristiana Orlando, Abbie Winton and Kate Alexander, examine employers’ perceptions and experiences of youth employment, how they compare to young people’s own experiences, and how this can inform policy and practice around good quality youth employment.

After a long career spent helping organisations achieve the goals set out in their diversity and inclusion strategies, IES Principal Associate Rob Barkworth turns his attention to questioning how and why the objectives they are aiming for, were chosen in the first place.

Ahead of a week of continued industrial action across multiple sectors, Duncan Brown reflects on what these disputes teach us about reward and employment and what employers can learn from the UK's winter of discontent.