Today’s labour market statistics show that the decent GDP growth from the early summer isn’t (yet) translating into stronger employment and pay, which both remained fairly flat in the latest month. Our @resolutionfoundation.org thread from me and @louisemurphy.bsky.social 🧵...

“A lot of the [NEET] problem is technical education routes,” Andy Burnham said today. Good to see the PM’s read matching what our research shows. A thread 🧵

Responding to new labour market stats out this morning, we've taken a step back to look at the legacy the Starmer govt left to Andy Burnham – higher unemployment and fewer payrolled jobs, but some real wage growth and shrinking regional pay gaps. A thread with @hannahslaughter.bsky.social 🧵:

And read our report: Take a chance on me: How can employers be incentivised to employ NEETs? by @nyecominetti.bsky.social @juliadelldiniz.bsky.social @gthwaites.bsky.social Imogen Stone and Lindsay Judge here www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...

Take a chance on me • Resolution Foundation

As the number of UK 16-24-year-olds not in education, employment or training (NEET) tipped the 1 million mark in the first quarter of 2026, we assess how employers can best be incentivised to ‘take a ...

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This morning’s data shows a weak labour market: unemployment remains high and real wages are barely growing. The monthly LFS unemployment data is volatile but the big picture is that unemployment has been climbing for the past few years and stood at 4.9% in the three months to April.

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This morning’s labour market stats show the UK labour market entered the period of the war in the Middle East in a weak place: unemployment at 5%, payrolled jobs falling and real wage growth grinding to a halt. A thread from me and @nyecominetti.bsky.social 🧵

In our latest Substack, Research Trainee Jamie Titus-Glover looks at how income inequality between ethnic minorities and their White counterparts has changed over the past three decades. Though there are signs of progress, big disparities remain ⬇️ buff.ly/pX0vG2a

The UK has become more equal but ethnic minorities still earn less than their White counterparts

RF Research Trainee Jamie Titus-Glover takes a look at how income inequality between ethnic minorities and their White counterparts has changed over the past three decades.

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Graduates who grew up in deep poverty still earn less than their peers ten years into their careers. @juliadelldiniz.bsky.social explains ⤵️

New @resolutionfoundation.org substack with @charliemccurdy.bsky.social considering the implications of the UK's new demographic era - one where deaths outweigh births and all population growth comes from net migration, and that's falling too 👇 resolutionfoundation.substack.com/p/the-uks-de...

The UK’s demographic squeeze

What do the next few years hold for the UK’s population? And what does that mean for the public finances?

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The latest ONS population projections show that Britain is at a demographic turning point⤵️

Today we published new @resolutionfoundation.org research on the UK's 18-24 NEET rate with @alexclegg.bsky.social, @nyecominetti.bsky.social, Lindsay Judge and Imogen Stone. My top-pick findings below 🧵

What is Britain's NEET rate rising? Half of the increase can be explained by a weaker labour market. As overall unemployment has risen, so too has the NEET rate. But as the chart shows, this doesn't explain all of the rise. So what else is driving up the UK's NEET rate?

And read the report Lost in transition: An examination of why the UK NEET rate is high and rising by Lindsay Judge @nyecominetti.bsky.social @alexclegg.bsky.social @juliadelldiniz.bsky.social & Imogen Stone www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...

Lost in transition • Resolution Foundation

This report investigates why the UK’s NEET rate has been rising since 2019, and why it has long been higher than in many other countries.

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Graduates who grew up in deep poverty still earn less than their peers ten years into their careers. @juliadelldiniz.bsky.social explains ⤵️

Graduates who grew up in deep poverty still earn less than their peers ten years into their careers. @juliadelldiniz.bsky.social explains ⤵️

Starting now! Our event Social immobility scars We're exploring the extent to which childhood poverty affects the earnings of graduates in their early 30s. Watch the event here www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/socia...

Today we discussed new research from @resolutionfoundation.org co-authored with @gthwaites.bsky.social @annastansbury.bsky.social and Richmond Egyei on the long shadow that deep poverty in childhood casts over the earnings of graduates in the labour market. Thread below on what we found …

🗓️ Next Tuesday We'll be launching new research on graduate social mobility in the UK and discussing next week with @annastansbury.bsky.social, Imran Rasul, Anvar Sarygulov, @juliadelldiniz.bsky.social, @mikebrewerecon.bsky.social Tickets here ➡️ buff.ly/7WaW1oc

With the UK perilously close to having over one million NEETs for the first time in 13 years, the Chancellor should use the Spring Forecast on Tuesday to take action and prevent youth unemployment rising further👇

NEET estimates for Q4 2025 from ONS this morning. We already pretty much had the picture for Q4 from the main stats release last week (rising unemp) but let's run through the charts. And then zoom out. First - the number crept up ever so slightly. Importantly for comms the number remains below 1m.

Tomorrow the ONS will publish new data on the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET). This is important – and not just because the number is very close to one million…

🚨 New inflation data this morning delivered double good news as a big fall in January CPI signals rapid return to ‘normal’ inflation ⤵️ buff.ly/aLFrbmD

Today’s labour market statistics show that the UK’s unemployment problem is growing, with youth unemployment at its highest rate in over a decade. Here’s our @resolutionfoundation.org thread, from me and @louisemurphy.bsky.social :