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  • Bloomberg - 14 September 2026

  • The Observer - 13 September 2026

  • The Sun - 6 September 2026

  • The Times - 30 August 2026

  • The Times - 27 August 2026

  • The Sun - 27 August 2026

  • Channel 4 News - 27 August 2026

  • The Times - 27 August 2026

  • Financial Times - 27 August 2026

  • Daily Mirror - 27 August 2026

  • Reuters - 27 August 2026

  • The Guardian - 27 August 2026

  • The Guardian - 27 August 2026

  • The Telegraph - 27 August 2026

  • Daily Mail - 26 August 2026

  • The Sun - 26 August 2026

  • BBC Radio 4 You and Yours ¨C 26 August 2026

  • The Guardian - 26 August 2026

  • Daily Mail ¨C 26 August 2026

  • Reuters - 26 August 2026

  • Wall Street Journal - 19 August 2026

  • Daily Mail - 18 August 2026

  • The Telegraph ¨C 19 August 2026

  • The Independent - 19 August 2026

  • Sunday Times - 15 August 2026

  • ITV News - 10 August 2026

  • The Times ¨C 24 July 2026

  • The i - 22 July 2026

  • LBC News - 17 July 2026

  • The Sun - 17 July 2026

  • The Mirror ¨C 17 July 2026

  • Daily Mail - 16 July 2026

  • The Times - 25 June 2026

  • The Daily Mail - 24 June 2026

  • The Telegraph ¨C 24 June 2026

  • CNN - 23 June 2026

  • Young people trying to find work

    BBC Radio 4 You and Yours ¨C 9 June 2026

  • The Times - 6 June 2026

  • Tackling the NEET challenge

    BBC Politics North West - 7 June 2026

  • Young people in Morecambe and Liverpool struggling to find work

    BBC North West Tonight - 4 June 2026

  • Financial Times ¨C 3 June 2026

  • The Sun - 3 June 2026

  • Channel 4 News - 3 June 2026

  • The Guardian - 28 May 2026

  • The Telegraph - 26 May 2026

  • The Guardian - 26 May 2026

  • The Times ¨C 26 May 2026

  • The Mirror - 26 May 2026

  • One million young people not in education, employment or training

    BBC Breakfast ¨C 2 May 2026

  • Young people getting into work

    BBC News Channel - 2 May 2026

  • Daily Mail - 1 May 2026

  • BBC News ¨C 17 April 2026

  • The i ¨C 12 March 2026

  • The Financial Times - 11 March 2026

  • The Mirror - 4 March 2026

  • The Sunday Times ¨C 28 February 2026

  • BBC News ¨C 26 February 2026

  • The Sun - 26 February 2026

  • The Independent - 25 February 2026

  • Zero-hour contract workers

    BBC Radio 5 Live ¨C 24 February 2026

  • BBC News ¨C 24 February 2026

  • The number of zero-hour contracts at record levels

    GB News - 24 February 2026

  • How's the Jobs Market Treating You?

    BBC Radio 4 You and Yours - 24 February 2026

  • The Guardian ¨C 21 February 2026

  • The Guardian ¨C 17 February 2026

  • LBC News - 17 February 2026

  • Evening Standard - 17 February 2026

  • Daily Express ¨C 17 February 2026

  • The Daily Telegraph ¨C 2 February 2026

  • LBC News - 20 January 2026

  • Big Issue - 18 December 2025

  • The Guardian ¨C 16 December 2025

  • Yahoo News UK ¨C 10 December 2025

  • The Guardian - 7 December 2025

  • The Guardian - 7 December 2025

  • Yahoo News UK ¨C 7 December 2025

  • Yahoo News UK ¨C 27 November 2025

  • BBC News ¨C 26 November 2025

  • Daily Mail ¨C 25 November 2025

  • The Mirror ¨C 24 November 2025

  • The Times ¨C 20 November 2025

  • Daily Express ¨C 19 November 2025

  • The Guardian ¨C 15 November 2025

  • The Guardian ¨C 15 November 2025

  • The Daily Telegraph - 12 November 2025

  • The Independent - 11 November 2025

  • The i - 5 November 2025

  • Daily Mail - 4 November 2025

  • The Daily Telegraph - 4 November 2025

  • Yahoo News UK - 30 October 2025

  • The Guardian - 22 October 2025

  • The Daily Telegraph - 14 October 2025

  • The Daily Telegraph - 3 October 2025

  • The Independent - 3 October 2025

  • The Guardian - 3 October 2025

  • Financial Times - 3 October 2025

  • The Guardian - 29 September 2025

  • The Daily Telegraph - 16 September 2025

  • The Guardian - 16 September 2025

  • The Times - 11 September 2025

  • Evening Standard - 25 August 2025

  • The Daily Telegraph - 25 August 2025

  • Daily Mail - 25 August 2025

  • The Independent - 25 August 2025

  • The Times - 24 August 2025

  • The Times - 14 August 2025

  • Hybrid working and the impact on younger women

    BBC Women's Hour - 8 August 2025

  • The Conversation - 22 July 2025

  • The Times - 17 July 2025

  • The Sun - 16 July 2025

  • Bloomberg - 13 July 2025

  • The Times - 11 July 2025

  • Financial Times - 29 June 2025

  • Big Issue - 26 June 2025

  • Daily Mail - 17 June 2025

  • The Sun - 10 June 2025

  • Financial Times - 10 June 2025

  • The Independent - 4 June 2025

  • Yahoo News UK - 23 May 2025

  • Big Issue - 22 May 2025

  • The Independent - 13 May 2025

  • The Telegraph - 13 May 2025

  • Daily Express - 15 April 2025

  • Payslip Britain - Making ends meet

    BBC Radio 4 - 15 April 2025

  • 'Why would they target that?': Backlash over welfare cuts on 'people that need extra help'

    Sky News - 27 March 2025

  • The Guardian - 26 March 2025

  • Yahoo News - 26 March 2025

  • Reeves says poverty figures from spring statement cuts don¡¯t take into account impact of getting people into work

    The Guardian - 26 March 2025

  • Daily Express - 18 March 2025

  • Yahoo News - 14 March 2025

  • Big Issue - 13 March 2025

  • The Guardian - 4 March 2025

  • The Times - 27 February 2025

  • Financial Times - 27 February 2025

  • The Daily Mail - 27 February 2025

  • The Sun - 27 February 2025

  • The Guardian - 27 February 2025

  • Young people not in education, employment or training

    BBC Radio 4 Today programme - 27 February 2025

  • The Mirror - 27 February 2025

  • Wages continue to rise

    LBC News - 18 February 2025

  • Evening Standard - 21 January 2025

  • The Guardian - 20 January 2025

  • The Independent - 20 January 2025

  • Evening Standard - 20 January 2025

  • ITV News - 20 January 2025

  • Daily Mail - 20 January 2025

  • The Times - 18 December 2024

  • Reuters - 5 December 2024

  • Financial Times - 26 November 2024

  • The Guardian - 26 November 2024

  • The Big Issue - 30 October 2024

  • Autumn Budget 2024

    LBC News - 30 October 2024

  • The Big Issue - 11 October 2024

  • Discussing Employment Rights Bill

    BBC Radio 5 Live - 11 October 2024

  • The Guardian - 17 September 2024

  • The Guardian - 17 September 2024

  • BBC - 22 July 2024

  • Financial Times - 7 July 2024

  • Unequal access to sick pay and time-off risks deepening UK's long-term health crisis

    Channel 5 News - 21 June 2024

  • Mirror - 21 June 2024

  • CNN - 19 June 2024

  • Express - 19 June 2024

  • Express - 16 June 2024

  • Big Issue - 11 June 2024

  • Express - 11 June 2024

  • LBC News - 11 June 2024

  • UK Unemployment Rises in Sign Inflationary Pressures Cool

    Bloomberg - 11 June 2024

  • Pre-election UK interest rate cut unlikely despite cooling jobs market; Moody¡¯s warns France over snap election

    The Guardian - 11 June 2024

  • The Telegraph - 3 June 2024

  • The Times - 31 May 2024

  • Evening Standard - 24 May 2024

  • Express - 22 May 2024

  • The Mirror - 22 May 2024

  • The Independent - 22 May 2024

  • City AM - 22 May 2024

  • The Independent - 22 May 2024

  • The Telegraph - 16 April 2024

  • Alarm over rise in economic inactivity

    The Guardian - 16 April 2024

  • UK unemployment rate leaps to 4.2% amid fears of job cuts

    The Guardian - 16 April 2024

  • Financial Times - 2 April 2024

  • Workers' rights in the UK and Labour's New Deal for Working People

    BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight - 14 May 2024

  • Evening Standard - 14 May 2024

  • Low paid workers vulnerable to continued cost of living crisis

    BBC Radio 4 Today programme - 8 May 2024

  • The Telegraph - 7 May 2024

  • Successive Tory governments have abandoned workers

    The New Statesman - 6 May 2024

  • The Independent - 28 April 2024

  • The Telegraph - 19 April 2024

  • City AM - 17 April 2024

  • Bloomberg - 17 April 2024

  • Big Issue - 17 April 2024

  • BBC 5 Live - Wake up to Money

    BBC 5 Live - 17 April 2024

  • The Sun - 16 April 2024

  • The Telegraph - 16 March 2024

  • Alarm over rise in economic inactivity

    The Guardian - 16 April 2024

  • The Guardian - 16 April 2024

  • Financial Times - 2 April 2024

  • BBC 5 Live - Wake up to Money

    BBC 5 Live - 28 March 2024

  • The Times - 21 March 2024

  • The Independent - 21 March 2024

  • Express - 21 March 2024

  • Evening Standard - 21 March 2024

  • The Mirror - 21 March 2024

  • Evening Standard - 12 March 2024

  • The Times - 26 February 2024

  • The Guardian - 17 February 2024

  • The Times - 17 February 2024

  • The Times - 13 February 2024

  • UK labour market continues to face challenges

    LBC Radio - 13 February 2024

  • UK pay growth slows but keeps beating inflation ¨C business live

    The Guardian - 13 February 2024

  • Buoyant UK labour market data belies rise in long-term sickness

    The Guardian - 13 February 2024

  • The i - 7 February 2024

  • Express - 16 January 2024

  • The Metro - 22 November 2023

  • The Metro - 22 November 2023

  • Metro - 22 November 2023

  • Deliveroo UK Supreme Court ruling

    Times Radio - 21 November 2023

  • The Express - 17 November 2023

  • The Guardian - 16 November 2023

  • The Guardian - 15 November 2023

  • UK labour market

    LBC Radio- 14 November 2023

  • The Guardian - 15 November 2023

  • The Metro - 15 November 2023

  • Pay rises still too high, warns Bank chief economist

    The Telegraph - 14 November 2023

  • The Guardian - 14 November 2023

  • The Express - 14 November 2023

  • MailOnline - 24 October 2023

  • Express - 24 October 2023

  • Financial Times - 28 September 2023

  • The Guardian- 15 September 2023

  • Bloomberg - 24 August 2023

  • Yahoo News UK - 20 July 2023

  • MailOnline - 19 July 2023

  • BBC Access All - 30 June 2023

  • The Guardian - 13 June 2023

  • MailOnline - 13 June 2023

  • Evening Standard - 16 May 2023

  • The Guardian - 16 May 2023

  • Forbes - 18 April 2023

  • Evening Standard - 18 April 2023

  • The Guardian - 18 April 2023

  • The Guardian - 22 March 2023

  • The Metro - 15 March 2023

  • The i - 15 March 2023

  • Marie Claire - 15 February 2023

  • Evening Standard ¨C 18 January 2023

  • The i - 17 January 2023

  • Express ¨C 11 January 2023

  • The Guardian ¨C 2 January 2023

  • Evening Standard ¨C 13 December 2022

  • The Sun ¨C 13 December 2022

  • The Telegraph ¨C 2 December 2022

  • The Telegraph - 30 November 2022

  • The Independent - 17 November 2022

  • Mail Online - 17 November 2022

  • The Telegraph - 17 November 2022

  • The Independent - 15 November 2022

  • BBC - 20 October 2022

  • The Guardian - 11 October 2022

  • Evening Standard ¨C 11 October 2022

  • The Independent - 23 September 2022

  • Evening Standard ¨C 13 September 2022

  • Yahoo UK News ¨C 8 September 2022

  • Yahoo UK News - 26 August 2022

  • Real wages fall by a record 3%

    Times Radio - 16 August 2022

  • The Guardian - 16 August 2022

  • The Independent - 31 July 2022

  • BBC Radio 4 ¨C You and Yours - 26 July 2022

  • The Guardian - 19 July 2022

  • Yahoo UK News -19 July 2022

  • Evening Standard - 19 July 2022

  • Digital poverty in North West England

    ITV News Borders - 22 June 2022

  • Prospect Magazine - 22 June 2022

  • Chancellor¡¯s pledge will be lifeline for many, but critics warn it¡¯s too little, too late

    The Guardian - 27 May 2022

  • Women, disabled people, those from ethnically diverse backgrounds and young staff are the most likely to have been consistently trapped in insecure jobs

    LBC News - 27 May 2022

  • MILLIONS of workers have been ¡®consistently trapped' in insecure jobs over the last 20 years

    The Metro - 27 May 2022

  • Chancellor's pledge will be lifeline for many, but critics warn it's too little, too late

    The Guardian - 27 May 2022

  • The Metro - 27 May 2022

  • BBC News - 17 May 2022

  • The Guardian - 17 May 2022

  • The Mirror - 10 May 2022

  • The Guardian - 12 April 2022

  • UK unemployment drops to pre-pandemic levels

    Financial Times - 12 April 2022

  • The Guardian - 12 April 2022

  • The Telegraph - 1 April 2022

  • Yahoo UK - 15 Mar 2022

  • BBC - 15 Mar 2022

  • The Original Hybrid Workers Can Teach Us How to Do It Right

    Wired Online - 28 Feb 2022

  • The Times - 19 Feb 2022

  • More Than Half Of UK¡¯s Film & TV Workforce Experienced Bullying

    Yahoo - 16 Feb 2022

  • Reuters - 18 Jan 2022

  • UK job vacancies hit record high as Omicron threatens recovery

    Yahoo - 12 Dec 2021

  • Retail sector worker insecurity

    BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours - 03 November 2021

  • More than 29million people back in work as employment rebounds to pre-pandemic levels

    MSN - 12 October 2021

  • Returning to work in the office

    BBC Radio Lancashire - 7 October 2021

  • Future of workplace post-pandemic

    BBC Radio 5 Live - 16 September 2021

  • Return to work and changes to workplaces post-pandemic

    BBC Breakfast- 16 September 2021

  • Working from home' orders haunt City again

    The Telegraph - 12 September 2021

  • Can hybrid working offer the best of both worlds?

    The Telegraph - 3 September 2021

  • The Independent - 25 June 2021

  • Research into attitudes towards working in social care

    BBC Radio Cumbria -23 June 2021

  • Research into Lancashire skills gap for green jobs

    North West Today - 18 July 2021

  • Launch of the Work Foundation¡¯s new research conducted with Total Jobs, looking at employment within the social care sector

    Times Radio - 25 May 2021

  • Jobseekers flock to join the social-care heroes

    The Metro - 25 May 2021

  • Labour markets ahead of release of ONS figures

    BBC Radio 5 Live - Wake up to Money - 18 May 2021

  • Financial Times - 20 April 2021

  • 87% of people working in UK's film, TV and cinema industries have experienced a mental health problem

    BBC Radio Scotland? - 09 March 2021

  • UK unemployment rises as lockdown takes hold

    Financial Times - 23 February 2021

  • Yahoo - 12 January 2021

  • Reuters - 2 December 2021

  • New skills programme risks excluding 1.4m workers

    Reuters - 2 December 2021

  • BBC Radio 4?Today Programme - 16 November 2020

  • UK government's Lifetime Skills Guarantee scheme excludes 1.4 million workers

    Yahoo - 16 November 2021

  • Mind the productivity gap: how to grow your small business

    Yahoo - 14 January 2020

  • Insecurity in the retail sector

    BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours - 2 September 2020