Three reasons pay might be falling
Good unemployment figures but stagnant pay have been the story about each month’s jobs figures for a year now.
Good unemployment figures but stagnant pay have been the story about each month’s jobs figures for a year now.
The recovery is not dealing everyone an even hand.
There are more benefits to full employment than you might think.
Householders are still relying on the most expensive types of loan, new figures suggest.
In the last two years, the number in employment in London has gone up by 312,000 – much higher than any other region.
Unemployment decreased by 161,000 in the three months to April 2014 to 2.6 million, with the unemployment rate now at 6.6 per cent, today’s labour market statistics reveal.
Despite the continuing good news on unemployment, many people are still feeling the squeeze.
If we measure inflation by the Retail Price Index – far more commonly used than CPI in pay bargaining – real pay is still falling, writes Richard Exell.
Recovery. What recovery? asks James Bloodworth.
Unemployment decreased by 77,000 between September 2013 and November 2013 to 2.33 million, with the unemployment rate now at 6.9 per cent, today’s labour market statistics reveal.