Jobs stats are encouraging, but with poor growth, serious challenges lie ahead
Richard Exell analyses the latest labour market statistics.
Richard Exell
Website Richard writes for Left Foot Forward on labour markets; he is the TUC’s senior policy officer, covering social security, tax credits and labour market issues - including the debates about the European social model and labour market flexibility.
Labour market stats: Underneath the good news…
Richard Exell delves behind the headline unemployment figures and takes a deeper look at the latest September 2012 labour market statistics.
Labour market update: No good news for young people
Analysis of today’s Labour market statistics from the TUC’s Richard Exell.
Labour market statistics: Unemployment is falling, yet so are real wages
The fall in unemployment was smaller than the rise in the number of economically inactive people who want work.
Latest labour market stats are encouraging, but we should remain cautious
We should be cautious and wait a couple of months before we conclude the labour market is definitely on the mend, writes Richard Exell.
Encouraging news on jobs, but far too early to call a labour market recovery
This month’s REC/KPMG Report on Jobs makes for moderately hopeful reading, but it is still far too early to call a labour market recovery, writes Richard Exell.
Workfare versus compulsory work: When is it right and wrong to mandate labour?
Richard Exell looks at the tricky issues dividing workfare (bad) from mandating paid work (good). Is there a line that can be drawn?
Growth in jobs probably not enough to bring down unemployment
There appears to be an uptick in jobs but its enough to keep up with increasing demand
“The PM is wrong: the labour market is very weak”
Richard Exell runs through the latest figures from the labour market, and finds that “it is very weak and the prospects for unemployed people are very poor.”
Employment agencies: Jobs picture is even worse than you might imagine
This month’s Report on Jobs tells two stories: the deepening of the ‘jobs recession’ and a downturn in temporary employment, reports Richard Exell.