Our research

The Rebuilding Britain Index (wave 10)

As we publish our tenth and final report, having gathered data across nine waves of research, we explore key learnings that, when implemented, are shown to contribute to positive outcomes at a local level. Across this report, we share these learnings in more detail and provide examples, through our own work, of how they can result in tangible and meaningful impact across the UK.

The Rebuilding Britain Index (wave 9)

This report marks the ninth wave of research, which puts a spotlight on the lived experiences in local communities around the UK.

U.S. gig economy study: Part 8

In this final report on the U.S. Gig Economy, we explore the question, What does the inexorable explosion of gig economy work mean for U.S. businesses and employers? And just as important, What does it mean for American gig workers themselves?

U.S. gig economy study: Part 7

Here we’ll look at how various sectors and demographics responded to Covid-19, as well as gig workers’ attitudes toward their chosen mode of working during this period of huge societal change. In particular, we’ll look at how the pandemic affected their earning power, which could serve as an indicator or how this growing segment of the U.S. workforce could fare during future economic disruptions.

U.S. gig economy study: Part 6

The big question on many freelance workers’ minds is, How can I retire? More than half (53 percent) of the gig workers we spoke with don’t feel they have effective access to retirement and savings plans, while two-thirds (67 percent) say that not having access to retirement plans and other benefits is a key drawback to working independently.

The Rebuilding Britain Index (wave 8)

Short-term support and and long-term action are both vital in alleviating the financial pressures households are facing as a result of the cost of living crisis. Pairing immediate support with longer-term action and thinking will help ease current and future financial pressures while also addressing wider social inequalities that exacerbate the impacts of cost-of-living crises. This strategic approach can truly level up the whole of the UK.

U.S. gig economy study - special report for International Women’s Day

Tasked with both childcare and earning, women fall over 30% behind their male counterparts.

U.S. gig economy study: Part 5

Research uncovers a strain of fierce independent mindedness among gig workers.

U.S. gig economy study: Part 4

Skeptics of the gig economy have often pointed to gig workers’ lack of health coverage as a condemnation of this growing trend.

U.S. gig economy study - flash report

U.S. gig economy study: Part 3

This third part of our study focuses on the why of gig work: why did people choose or find their way to this work? And how do they describe their own agency in this framework?

U.S. gig economy study: Part 2

Research findings dispel myth that gig work is a stopgap measure or too unstable to be viable long-term. This report focuses on the breadth of industries and pay levels the gig economy comprises, starting with coming to a clear definition of what constitutes a gig worker.

Working well: Delivering better health outcomes for hidden workers

Difficult working conditions present challenges to the hidden workers and their managers but, as the report shows, there is much that can be done. Rather than being a source of misery and stress, this vital area of work should and can be health-enhancing.

New Legal & General study on U.S. gig economy workers: The gig economy is here to stay

U.S. gig workers across multiple industries and pay scales choose flexibility over conventional employment, but point to lack of basic financial safety nets such as health insurance and retirement savings.

U.S. gig economy study: Part 1

U.S. gig workers across multiple industries and pay scales choose flexibility over conventional employment, but point to lack of basic financial safety nets such as health insurance and retirement savings.

The Rebuilding Britain Index (wave 7)

This latest edition of the RBI not only outlines the continuing scale of the challenge facing the UK, but is very much intended to act as a blueprint to help the new Government navigate the issue over the coming years to ensure that what action it takes can have the maximum positive impact where and how it is most needed. The recommendations form a self-fulfilling virtuous cycle, where investment in economic infrastructure will positively effect health outcomes, while improving health outcomes will, in turn, positively effect economic output.

The Rebuilding Britain Index (wave 6)

The findings in wave 6 of the RBI reveal that the current cost of living crisis presents a real danger of widening the existing inequalities found between and within different parts of the UK. Some of the findings that detail how difficult some households are finding it to cope in the current financial climate make for challenging reading. We must, however, use them to reaffirm how action is urgently needed, at a fundamental and structural level, to ensure we address the root causes of these inequalities and build better equity between our communities and resilience within them.

The Rebuilding Britain Index (wave 5)

The critical issue considered in this report is what steps the UK needs to take in order to build healthier infrastructures capable of supporting healthier behaviours in people’s everyday lives. The UK cannot hope to improve health outcomes, a vital prerequisite if we are to truly level up our communities, without considering the need to improve local infrastructure.

The Business of Health Equity: The Marmot review for industry

The role of business in influencing positive health outcomes – for better or for worse – has not historically been a major part of the debate around public health. ‘Health & Safety’ is mainly about safety. Business however needs to lean in and take action. Our businesses are more productive if we have workforces which are physically and mentally well.

The Business of Health Equity: The Marmot review for industry

On this page you will find resources relating to the Marmot review including the full report and press release and multimedia resources.

Delivering a step change in affordable housing supply

Chronic and persisting undersupply of affordable housing requires a step change in approach to meet the nation’s housing need.

The Rebuilding Britain Index (wave 4)

Latest research from Legal & General (L&G) demonstrates that efforts to protect UK employment over the previous 12-months have been largely successful, but that far more effort and investment will be required to address wider physical and digital infrastructure and services and level-up the stark disparities seen at a local level.

U.S. millennials and home ownership study - A distant dream for most: Part 5

Student debt has arguably affected the millennial generation more adversely than any other age cohort, with many 25- to 40-year-olds feeling financially crippled by the skyrocketing cost of college tuition at a crucial point in their lives, along with other economic challenges. Today, the fifth and final part of a broad new study conducted by Legal & General Group, U.S. Millennials and Home Ownership – A Distant Dream for Most, is released, diving into the role of student and medical debt in creating a vicious cycle that keeps millennials from saving and building credit to purchase their own home. In the research, survey subjects repeatedly called for cancellation of oppressive student debt.

U.S. millennials and home ownership study - A distant dream for most: Part 4

There’s a quasi-war over housing going on between U.S. millennials and the generations comprising their parents and grandparents, with many 25- to 40-year-olds caught between blaming older generations for their difficulties in becoming homeowners and feeling dependent on them for necessary financial help if they are ever to succeed.