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14 Aug 19
Unemployment in Scotland has risen by 0.4 percentage points, although it remains below the rate in the UK as a whole, according to the latest data.
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13 May 19
The government has been urged to extend this month’s deadline for businesses to claim the apprenticeship levy to ease a skills “crisis”.
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16 Aug 18
The lowest proportion of people were employed in the UK's public sector in March 2018 since comparable records began 13 years ago, ONS figures have shown.
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12 Feb 18
The government has announced plans for across-the-board sick and holiday pay, and greater security for workers on zero hour contracts.
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18 Sep 17
One million public sector jobs have been lost since 2010 due to funding cuts, privatisation and outsourcing, according to research from the GMB union.
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14 Sep 17
The unemployment rate fell to 4.3% in the three months to July, the lowest since 1975, official figures have revealed.
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12 Sep 17
The leader of Birmingham City Council has resigned from his role following weeks of refuse collector industrial disputes.
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16 Aug 17
The UK jobless rate fell to 4.4% down from 4.9% a year earlier, a 42-year low, Office for National Statistics data shows.
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16 Aug 17
Measures to increase demand for labour are needed to close employment gaps in major cities, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has said.
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16 Aug 17
While employment in British cities appears robust, the quality of work on offer is often low and many people are under-employed. Dave Innes of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation asks what can be done to...
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26 Jun 17
Download this CIPFA Insight on the way the public sector could be affected by the apprenticeship levy
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23 May 17
CIPFA has become an approved trainer as part of the government’s push to increase the number of apprenticeships.
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15 May 17
Theresa May is set to continue her pitch to traditional Labour voters as she unveils plans for the “greatest expansion in workers' rights by any Conservative government in history”.
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11 Apr 17
The number of council employees earning more than £100,000 has increased while local authorities budgets are squeezed, according to analysis from the Taxpayers’ Alliance.
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15 Mar 17
The employment rate remained at a record high of 74.6% for the three months to January 2017, latest figures from the Office for National statistics have shown.
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8 Mar 17
The main rate of National Insurance Contributions paid by self-employed people is to increase by 1% from next April, chancellor Phillip Hammond has announced today.
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14 Feb 17
The rise in zero-hour contracts and poorly paid self-employment costs the Treasury £4bn annually in lost tax revenue and in-work benefit payments, the Trades Union Congress has said.
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23 Jan 17
President Trump can learn from Britain as he aims to fulfil his promise of being “the greatest jobs producer that God ever created”, the Resolution Foundation think-tank argues today.
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27 Sep 16
Labour would scrap Work Capability Assessments and the sanctions system for jobseekers as part what shadow work and pensions secretary Debbie Abrahams called a plan to change the culture of the UK’s...
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14 Sep 16
The number of people working in the UK’s public sector in June fell to the lowest level since comparable records began in 1999 according to the Office for National Statistics.
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16 Aug 16
The government’s apprenticeships scheme too often delivers poor training and may be benefiting those aged over 25 years of age more than young people, the IPPR think-tank has claimed today.
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15 Jun 16
Public sector employment has seen two quarter-on-quarter increases for the first time since 2008 according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics.
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25 Apr 16
Facts and figures from the May 2016 edition of Public Finance magazine, on public sector employment, academy enthusiasm, trust in government, city regions and Brexit
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17 Feb 16
Facts and figures from the March 2016 edition of Public Finance magazine, featuring public trust in officials, EU vs UK vs US employment trends, inflation, housebuilding and Brexit
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21 Jan 16
The UK has scored top within the EU and fourth within G20 nations for the number of women it employs in senior government roles, global advisory firm EY has found.
14 Aug 19Unemployment in Scotland has risen by 0.4 percentage points, although it remains below the rate in the UK as a whole, according to the latest data.
13 May 19The government has been urged to extend this month’s deadline for businesses to claim the apprenticeship levy to ease a skills “crisis”.
16 Aug 18The lowest proportion of people were employed in the UK's public sector in March 2018 since comparable records began 13 years ago, ONS figures have shown.
12 Feb 18The government has announced plans for across-the-board sick and holiday pay, and greater security for workers on zero hour contracts.
14 Sep 17The unemployment rate fell to 4.3% in the three months to July, the lowest since 1975, official figures have revealed.
12 Sep 17The leader of Birmingham City Council has resigned from his role following weeks of refuse collector industrial disputes.
16 Aug 17Measures to increase demand for labour are needed to close employment gaps in major cities, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has said.
16 Aug 17While employment in British cities appears robust, the quality of work on offer is often low and many people are under-employed. Dave Innes of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation asks what can be done to...
26 Jun 17Download this CIPFA Insight on the way the public sector could be affected by the apprenticeship levy
23 May 17CIPFA has become an approved trainer as part of the government’s push to increase the number of apprenticeships.
15 May 17Theresa May is set to continue her pitch to traditional Labour voters as she unveils plans for the “greatest expansion in workers' rights by any Conservative government in history”.
11 Apr 17The number of council employees earning more than £100,000 has increased while local authorities budgets are squeezed, according to analysis from the Taxpayers’ Alliance.
23 Jan 17President Trump can learn from Britain as he aims to fulfil his promise of being “the greatest jobs producer that God ever created”, the Resolution Foundation think-tank argues today.
14 Sep 16The number of people working in the UK’s public sector in June fell to the lowest level since comparable records began in 1999 according to the Office for National Statistics.
16 Aug 16The government’s apprenticeships scheme too often delivers poor training and may be benefiting those aged over 25 years of age more than young people, the IPPR think-tank has claimed today.
25 Apr 16Facts and figures from the May 2016 edition of Public Finance magazine, on public sector employment, academy enthusiasm, trust in government, city regions and Brexit
17 Feb 16Facts and figures from the March 2016 edition of Public Finance magazine, featuring public trust in officials, EU vs UK vs US employment trends, inflation, housebuilding and Brexit
21 Jan 16The UK has scored top within the EU and fourth within G20 nations for the number of women it employs in senior government roles, global advisory firm EY has found.
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