With today’s GDP figures confirming this is the longest depression in modern UK history, IPPR’s Spencer Thompson asks why the economy is still creating jobs.
Any government would be pleased with today’s labour market figures, but it is possible to claim too much for them, writes Richard Exell.
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.
IPPR’s Spencer Thompson looks at solutions to the scourge of long-term unemployment.
Richard Exell looks at what the labour market has in store for 2013.
Ed Balls today set out plans for a compulsory jobs guarantee for the long-term unemployed – ensuring there is a job for every adult who is long-term unemployed.
The TUC have said the government’s latest employment reforms “will not save a single job” but instead “make it easier to sack people”.
Richard Exell analyses the latest labour market statistics.
This morning’s headline stats are encouraging, with employment up and unemployment down; however, the disappearance of key public sector workers continues…
Unemployment fell by 82,000 between August and October to 2.51 million, today’s labour market statistics reveal.
