Key findings

  • The decline in the performance of the region relative to the UK and London needs to be halted
  • Although it can provide flexibility for some workers, more needs to be done to address ‘atypical’ work
  • The pay squeeze means that living standards are stagnating in the region
  • Encouraging progression in a world where pay differentials are compressed at the bottom of the labour market
  • Tackling occupational polarisation for younger workers

Further reading

Low Pay Britain 2025
Where next for the Government’s employment reforms?
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Nye Cominetti, Charlie McCurdy
The power of place
The role of place in driving regional pay inequalities
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Richmond Egyei, Emily Fry, Tasos Kitsos, Dalila Ribaudo, Greg Thwaites, Enrico Vanino
Precarious prospects
Understanding precarious work among foreign-born workers
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Hannah Slaughter, Imogen Stone
Stephen Clarke
Stephen Clarke