The response addresses the following questions:

• Women, younger workers, older workers, ethnic minority background workers, and disabled workers are identified as most at risk of staying in low pay. What are the reasons for this? At what stages would interventions help each of these types of workers seek out and avail progression opportunities?
• What are the barriers to people in low pay from progressing by changing jobs and/or sectors? What interventions would best empower people to overcome these?
• How could [Jobcentres] build trusted relationships and high engagement with low paid workers? How could they support workers to have the confidence needed to pursue progression opportunities?

Millar, J., Bennett, F., Griffiths, R., Wood, M. and Magnus, L. (2020) Couples, Universal Credit and in-work progression: Response to call for evidence to the In-Work Progression Commission, Institute for Policy Research (IPR), University of Bath.