Unemployment down 37,000 to 2.49 million
Unemployment fell by 37,000 between September and November to 2.49 million, and the unemployment rate is down to 7.7%, today’s labour market statistics reveal.
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Osborne reveals plans for even deeper cuts if Tories win in 2015
George Osborne today told the cabinet there will be even deeper cuts if the Tories win the 2015 general election.
Borrowing is rising after all
Latest figures show borrowing is continuing to rise.
Cities Outlook 2013: A downturn of two halves
For the past five years the UK economy has either been in, or on the brink of, recession, writes Rachel Smith of Centre for Cities.
CPS set to quintuple tax evasion prosecutions
The CPS is set to increase the number of tax evasion cases it prosecutes fivefold to 1,500 a year by 2014-15.
Long-term unemployment: The national emergency that refuses to go away
IPPR’s Spencer Thompson looks at solutions to the scourge of long-term unemployment.
Always on call: the problem of zero hour contracts
Andrew Tromans is a History and Politics student at the University of Sheffield. For many people the notion of a 9-5 job, Saturdays and Sunday for leisure and even basic employment rights such as maternity leave are just not atest
More Pain for Passengers Today?
Mark Rowney is a research fellow at IPPR. Network Rail announced today a new infrastructure investment programme of £37.5 billion to be spent from 2014 to 2019, which is to be welcomed. Infrastructure projects add to the UK’s long-term productivetest
Cameron is no friend of business when it comes to immigration
During David Cameron and Nick Clegg’s Mid Term Review press conference the Prime Minister claimed that on every issue the government had supported wealth creators. However, there is at least one striking way that the Coalition has not agreed totest
December’s economic update
Tony Dolphin is the chief economist at the IPPR and a regular contributor to The Guardian and New Statesman. During the autumn statement last month, George Osborne claimed that the UK economy was slowly on the mend; however, the latest data indicates the opposite may betest