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Drawing on her latest output for the Better Quality Youth Employment research programme, Cristiana Orlando considers what the UK could learn from other countries when tackling the current challenges surrounding young people’s prospects and outcomes.

Behavioural Insights, an approach that aims to determine what drives behaviour in order to change behaviour, have seen increasing use in employment programmes. Miguel Subosa highlights findings from recent ReAct research regarding behaviourally informed employment programmes and lays out recommendations to help improve employment support services.

Zofia Bajorek sets out ways to reduce ‘productivity paranoia’, ensuring a smoother implementation of hybrid working practice after a recent survey reported that only a minority of managers had confidence that hybrid workers were being productive.

We need a proper plan to help people into work and to help employers fill their jobs, otherwise we’ll continue to throttle growth and fuel inflation.

With vacancies at near record level, IES Director Tony Wilson looks ahead to Friday's emergency mini budget.

In light of the Real Living Wage increase and the prospect of a significant pay-rise for hundreds of thousands of workers, Claudia Plowden Roberts and Astrid Allen consider the differing terms to describe several recommended pay scales and what this means for both employers and employees alike.

Tony Wilson looks ahead to this week’s emergency mini budget, setting out four key areas where action needs to be taken to help more people into work, address labour and skills shortages, support growth and tackle inflation.

Danni-May Higlett, Cristiana Orlando and Astrid Allen reflect on their recent research for the Local Government Association (LGA) that highlights the need for local government and local employers to support good work initiatives.