Unemployment: Plan A isn’t working
Richard Exell goes into great depth on today’s unemployment figures, and explains quite why they are so bad for the coalition.
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.
Jobs market hit by “the double whammy of falling business and consumer confidence”
The jobs market risks heading back to levels of unemployment unseen since the last time the Conservatives were in government, writes Richard Exell.
Who is paying for the chancellor’s announcements?
Richard Exell follows the money on the chancellor’s autumn statement, and finds that it’s the poor who are paying the price.
Stories from the economy, or: The prospects for young people, and other grim tales
Richard Excell examines yesterday’s employment figures, and finds concerning signs that we might be heading in to a double-dip recession.
Forget Grayling’s excuses: Record joblessness is solely the fault of this government
The TUC’s Richard Exell analyses today’s unemployment figures, explaining how they are directly connected to this coalition government’s current economic policy.
Gideon’s grotesque attempt to blame workers’ rights for unemployment
George Osborne’s speech Tory party conferencetoday was (amongst other things) a transparent attempt to shift the blame for unemployment to workers’ rights.
Without a Plan B, the record unemployment figures look set to get worse
Without a plan B, it seems likely all this month’s grim jobs stats and record bad figures are likely to be replaced by new ones, writes the TUC’s Richard Exell.
How domestic violence victims risk losing support because of the cuts
One of the ironies of austerity is that when the government does do something relatively progressive everything else they are up to subverts their good intentions.
The job market is stagnating across the board
From numbers of involuntary part-time workers to vacancies per jobseeker, the job market is now clearly stagnating.
Youth unemployment is still a cause for concern
The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data indicates youth unemployment continues to be a cause for concern, writes the TUC’s Richard Exell.