learning and employment
Can Skills England plug the UK’s skills gap to give Labour the growth it craves?

Can Skills England plug the UK’s skills gap to give Labour the growth it craves?
Why are self-employed dads like me being forced to make an impossible choice?

Why are self-employed dads like me being forced to make an impossible choice?
How do we stop AI becoming an ‘engine of inequality’, and make it a force for good?

How do we stop AI becoming an ‘engine of inequality’, and make it a force for good?
Children are poor because their mothers are poor. But is Labour serious about tackling it?

Children are poor because their mothers are poor. But is Labour serious about tackling it?
Labour’s raids on illegal migrant workers no cause for celebration: ‘An utterly pointless performance’

Labour’s raids on illegal migrant workers no cause for celebration: ‘An utterly pointless performance’
Liz Kendall blasted for ‘fuelling fear’ after saying benefits claimants are ‘taking the mickey’

Liz Kendall blasted for ‘fuelling fear’ after saying benefits claimants are ‘taking the mickey’
‘It’s devastating’: UK’s biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests

‘It’s devastating’: UK’s biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests
Big UK businesses are slashing thousands of jobs. Just how much trouble are we in?

Big UK businesses are slashing thousands of jobs. Just how much trouble are we in?
Letters: We’re all ‘economically active’ whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP

Letters: We’re all ‘economically active’ whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP
Artist Stuart Semple on why education in the arts needs an urgent reset: ‘It’s like battery farming’

Artist Stuart Semple on why education in the arts needs an urgent reset: ‘It’s like battery farming’
No, Gen Z aren’t lazy workers – they just don’t want your jobs

No, Gen Z aren’t lazy workers – they just don’t want your jobs
DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: ‘What a failure’

DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: ‘What a failure’
Uncertainty around disability benefit cuts is triggering bipolar symptoms, experts warn

Uncertainty around disability benefit cuts is triggering bipolar symptoms, experts warn
DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as an ‘assault’ on the ‘disabled, sick and elderly’

DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as an ‘assault’ on the ‘disabled, sick and elderly’
Labour warned ‘one size doesn’t fit all’ over plan to ‘help’ neurodivergent people on benefits into work

Labour warned ‘one size doesn’t fit all’ over plan to ‘help’ neurodivergent people on benefits into work
Disabled Brits suffering ‘unacceptably poor’ treatment at hands of the DWP, damning report finds

Disabled Brits suffering ‘unacceptably poor’ treatment at hands of the DWP, damning report finds
Kids risk falling behind without digital skills. It’s never too early to get your tots tech-ready

Kids risk falling behind without digital skills. It’s never too early to get your tots tech-ready
‘We’re overdue an update:’ A four-day working week will be ‘the norm’ in five years, most Brits say

‘We’re overdue an update:’ A four-day working week will be ‘the norm’ in five years, most Brits say
Disability benefits such as PIP are actually good for the economy, economists say

Disability benefits such as PIP are actually good for the economy, economists say
Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Learning and employment
