unemployment
Cameron can’t build the Big Society on mass unemployment
The massed ranks of unemployed people will not provide the country with an army of Big Society volunteers. Instead, if things continue as they are, they will become increasingly isolated, both from the world of work and from their communities.
‘Misery index’ set to move even higher in coming months
Tony Dolphin looks at today's Bank of England Inflation Report.
Good news on jobs, but too soon to start celebrating
Unemployment fell and employment rose in today’s labour market statistics, and most of the growth is accounted for by full-time employee jobs. But is it a blip?
‘Feminism trumps egalitarianism’ only if Willetts’s soundbite trumps evidence
David Willetts's soundbite that 'feminism trumped egalitarianism' is refuted by Declan Gaffney, with analysis showing how both work together for social mobility.
Labour market stats reveal high unemployment and an uncertain outlook
Today's figures show that while the recession technically ended over a year ago the period November-January 2011 saw unemployment hit its highest level since October 1994 - 2,529,000 people.
Spending cuts and ‘Londonism’ mean graduates will head south
An army of soon to be unemployed northern graduates may end up heading for the south east to find work, given the impending loss of public sector jobs.