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ReWAGE held an event at Portcullis House in Westminster on 25 October in partnership with the

Despite it being an extremely busy day in Parliament with the official appointment of a new Prime Minister and a Cabinet reshuffle taking place at the same time, we were pleased to welcome Parliamentarians from constituencies across the country, representatives from the House of Lords and colleagues from the CIPD, the Institute for Hospitality, the Corporation of London and the Gatsby Foundation.

ReWAGE was set up just over a year ago by its Co-Chairs, Professor Chris Warhurst of the Institute for Employment Research at ÌÇÐÄTV University, and Professor Irena Grugulis of the Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change at Leeds University.

During that time ReWAGE's group of 35 senior experts from universities and research organisations from across the UK have worked together to produce consultation responses, policy briefings and evidence papers on a wide range of work and employment issues, have spoken at conferences, events and government meetings, and much more besides. Thank you to everyone who has given their time, resources or sponsorship - you have enabled ReWAGE to achieve all that it has done so far.

The government published its Good Work Plan in 2018, but has been slow to develop policies that might deliver better job quality. In the absence of government-led policy, the Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) in England have been developing employment charters to drive job quality policy in their areas.

ReWAGE has reviewed these regional initiatives to find out what leading-edge practice could be shared across England; how these charters could support the UK government in its policy development; and how the UK government could provide cross-charter underpinning support.