Cameron and Osborne should look to Northern Ireland for a lesson in job creation
Ed Jacobs reports on the Northern Ireland Executive’s demonstration of the power of government to create jobs and bring about social change.
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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.
Miliband and Cameron argue jobs, borrowing and “predistribution” at subdued PMQs
Watch Ed Miliband and David Cameron argue jobs, borrowing and “predistribution” at PMQs, 12th September 2012.
Headline unemployment figure down 7,000 to 2.59 million
The unemployment rate fell 0.1 per cent on the quarter to 8.1%, with the number of people out of work down 7,000 to 2.59 million in the three months to July.
Balls attacks long-term damage of Osborne’s “short-term pain”
Ed Balls will today warn of the “long-term damage” being done to the economy and “long-term price” paid by the country for George Osborne’s economic failures.
Time for our leaders to face up to the facts: Austerity is killing jobs and the recovery
It’s time our leaders faced up to the facts: austerity is killing jobs and no amount of discussion on reforming employment policy will disguise that basic fact.
Almost a million young people are still NEET
This generation of young people do not deserve to be abandoned. They deserve a far greater opportunity than they are currently getting.
The government is stalling youth employment by downsizing career advice
The only way to help young people make the right personal choices is through one-to-one, trained advisers.
Virgin Trains staff in “constant fear” of Branson’s ‘fire-at-will’ policy
On top of financial hardship faced by all, Virgin Trains workers also have to worry about the Richard Branson’s insidious ‘fire-at-will’ culture.
EU area unemployment up 1.9 million in a year – as Spain’s jobless rate nears 25%
From April 2011 to April 2012, unemployment has risen across the European Union, with Spain’s jobless rate nearing one in four, reports Shamik Das.