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IES analysis of this month's Labour Market Statistics.

The figures out this month, as with those of the past couple of months, show improvement on the very weak data that we saw earlier in the year, with employment rising to 75% from 74.8%, unemployment down to 4.0% from 4.1% and economic inactivity at 21.8% from 21.9% previously.

Tony Wilson will be stepping down as the Director of the Institute for Employment Studies in October, in order to take up a new post at the Department for Work and Pensions as an Expert Adviser.

This week, we launched the final report of our Commission on the Future of Employment Support in partnership with abrdn Financial Fairness Trust.

With the final report just launched, IES details The Commission on the Future of Employment Support to develop evidence-led proposals for reform of our system of employment support and services, so that it can better meet the needs of individuals, employers and our economy.

Today’s labour market data (covering the period April to June, so immediately pre-election) sees a slight improvement on the very poor figures over recent months.

The first jobs data of this Parliament lays bare the scale of the challenges facing the new Labour government.

We are deeply sorry to announce that our dear friend and colleague, Stephen Bevan, passed away last night. Steve has been such an important part of so many of our lives over the years – through his work, as a mentor and as a friend – and we will miss him hugely.