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Tackling long-term insecure work </h1> <a href="https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundation/publications/no-progress" class="button" aria-label=""> Read the full briefing here </a> </div> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 1023px)" width="1024" height="600" srcset="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/lums/work-foundation/NoProgressmobileimage.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 1024px)" width="1920" height="600" srcset="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/lums/work-foundation/FoundationLandingPageHeroImagecopy.jpg"> <img src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/lums/work-foundation/FoundationLandingPageHeroImagecopy.jpg" alt="A warehouse worker." width="1920" height="600" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> </section>  <section class="page-content bg-default" data-magellan-target="d.en.432568"> <div class="text"> <div class="anchor" id="d.en.432568"></div> <p class="intro"> The Work Foundation is a leading think tank for improving working lives in the UK. We believe everyone should have access to secure, rewarding and high-quality work and deliver rigorous applied research to tackle structural inequalities in the labour market and improve working lives across the UK. </p> </div> </section><section class="heading bg-none text-left" data-magellan-target="d.en.550065"> <div class='anchor' id='d.en.550065'></div> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x"> <div class="cell small-12 "> <h2>Our Work</h2> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="features bg-none"> <div class="anchor" id="d.en.550468"></div>  <div class="grid-container"> <ul class="feature-row features-3 "> <li class="feature"> <div class="text"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundation/our-work/insecure-work/" class="feature-link"> Insecure Work </a> </h2> <p>Large parts of our economy are characterised by insecurity. Our Insecure Work strand aims to deliver new evidence and ideas to help organisations, policymakers and workers.</p> </div> <div class="image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/lums/work-foundation/Insecuretile.jpg" alt="" role="presentation" > </div> </li> <li class="feature"> <div class="text"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundation/our-work/working-lives/" class="feature-link"> Working Lives </a> </h2> <p>As people’s experiences of work change, our Working Lives strand aims to start a new debate about what responsible employment looks like. </p> </div> <div class="image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/lums/work-foundation/workinglivestile.jpg" alt="" 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