Labour Market
A bad Budget for jobs and for jobseekers
Overall, this was a Budget that seems highly likely to lead to rising unemployment.
Green Jobs in an age of rising unemployment
In the first of two new soon-to-be-published papers, ippr’s study ‘Green and Decent Jobs’ discusses how far the creation of new green jobs could counteract unemployment in the UK.
Coalition cuts are bad news for jobseekers
The Coalition Government has been keen to express sympathy for those facing unemployment. But in contrast to these sentiments, the Government's main labour market policy so far has been to cut support for unemployed people.
GLA leads the way on pay ratios
The Greater London Assembly is following the example it set on the Living Wage, again leading the way in best practice on remuneration and reducing inequality.
Unemployment – a mixed picture around the nations
Yesterday's headline figures on unemployment masked the mixed news on jobs that came out from across the devolved nations.
Candidates unite to support living wage
All five of Labour's leadership candidates have expressed their complete support for a living wage.