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16 Feb 21
The government’s decision to revoke the £95,000 exit payment cap is likely to cause work for public sector bodies in a number of areas, according to Sarah Lamont, employment lawyer at law firm Bevan...
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22 Oct 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced the government is to amend its Job Support Scheme to increase support to businesses affected by reduced trade resulting from Covid-19.
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12 Oct 20
The government is set to expand its Job Support Scheme, to help workers and businesses who have had to shut due to local lockdown restrictions.
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8 Jul 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced government plans to help safeguard workers’ jobs, as part of a £30bn package announced today.
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29 Jun 20
The UK will need a job protection scheme to respond to the highest unemployment since the early 1990s, according to a report from think-tank the Resolution Foundation.
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18 May 20
Nottingham City Council has appointed Mel Barrett as its new chief executive, replacing Ian Curryer who left the role at the end of April.
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16 Apr 20
We don't yet know what will be needed to get over the effects of Covid-19, but we know those effects are going to be huge, argues CIPFA's new chief economist Jeffrey Matsu.
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27 Mar 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that self-employed people are to receive subsidies of up to 80% of profits up to £2,500 per month, in a bid keep businesses running during the coronavirus...
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4 Feb 20
The government should act to reduce in-work poverty in the UK, which has become more common than it was 20 years ago, a think-tank has said.
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12 Dec 19
Companies benefiting from big UK government contracts operating in tax havens, public sector consulting bill tops £1.4bn and young and women suffer the most from unemployment in...
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19 Nov 19
The UK ranks close to the bottom of a European engagement survey, displaying high levels of active disengagement but teamwork could offer a reset, writes Hult International Business School’s Dr...
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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.