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25 Feb 22
The government “simply has no idea” whether its £1.9bn Covid-19 youth employment scheme has been successful, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has said.
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20 Aug 20
Economists’ predictions for the contraction in the UK’s GDP following Covid-19 became more pessimistic in August, according to the latest independent forecasts published by the Treasury.
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22 Jun 20
Scotland must have greater fiscal autonomy to deal with the economic fall-out of the coronavirus pandemic, a group of economic advisors has warned.
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19 May 20
The number of people claiming unemployment benefit jumped to 2.1 million in April – the first full month of lockdown – according to data from the Office for National Statistics.
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6 Apr 20
Universal Credit needs an “emergency boost” to ensure it can properly support people finding themselves out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic, the TUC 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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22 Feb 18
Unemployment has increased and growth is slower than predicted, although public sector borrowing is down, according to official data.
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2 Jan 18
Thousands of unemployed or extremely low earners in Britain are missing out on financial support because they are not claiming the benefits they are entitled to, according to a think-tank.
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18 Oct 17
Real-terms earnings fell 0.4% compared with a year ago according to the latest labour market figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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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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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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28 Apr 17
The UK economy grew just 0.3% in the first quarter of this year, the slowest rate for a year, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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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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15 Feb 17
The number of people in work in the UK continued to grow in the three months to December 2016, although the rate of increase has slowed, official figures have shown.
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21 Jul 16
The UK employment rate has climbed to 74.4%, the highest since records began in 1971.
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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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21 Mar 16
Facts and figures from April 2016’s Public Finance magazine, including town vs country priorities, interest rates, Northern Powerhouse prospects and Danish asylum seizures
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17 Feb 16
The unemployment rate remained at its lowest rate in a decade at 5.1% in the three months to December, according to latest Office for National Statistics data.
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20 Jan 16
The number of people out of work has fallen to the lowest level since before the 2008 recession that followed the financial crisis, according to figures published by the Office for National...
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16 Dec 15
Unemployment in the UK fell to 5.2%, its lowest level for almost 10 years, in the three months to October, official figures have revealed.
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11 Nov 15
Unemployment fell by over 100,000 in the third quarter of the year with the total number of people out of work at its lowest level since the three months to July 2008, the Office for National...
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21 Oct 15
Back-to-work schemes should be overhauled to ensure they focus on the needs of people with social problems and those furthest from the job market, MPs have said.
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14 Oct 15
The UK unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since the middle of 2008, official figures have revealed today.
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16 Sep 15
Public sector employment fell to 5.4 million in the second quarter of the year, its lowest level since 1999 when records began.
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17 Aug 15
The government is to implement major reforms to unemployment support for under-25s from April 2017, with young people set to lose benefits if they turn down job offers, apprenticeships or training.
25 Feb 22The government “simply has no idea” whether its £1.9bn Covid-19 youth employment scheme has been successful, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has said.
22 Jun 20Scotland must have greater fiscal autonomy to deal with the economic fall-out of the coronavirus pandemic, a group of economic advisors has warned.
19 May 20The number of people claiming unemployment benefit jumped to 2.1 million in April – the first full month of lockdown – according to data from the Office for National Statistics.
6 Apr 20Universal Credit needs an “emergency boost” to ensure it can properly support people finding themselves out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic, the TUC has said.
12 Dec 19Companies 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...
22 Feb 18Unemployment has increased and growth is slower than predicted, although public sector borrowing is down, according to official data.
2 Jan 18Thousands of unemployed or extremely low earners in Britain are missing out on financial support because they are not claiming the benefits they are entitled to, according to a think-tank.
18 Oct 17Real-terms earnings fell 0.4% compared with a year ago according to the latest labour market figures from the Office for National Statistics.
14 Sep 17The unemployment rate fell to 4.3% in the three months to July, the lowest since 1975, official figures have revealed.
28 Apr 17The UK economy grew just 0.3% in the first quarter of this year, the slowest rate for a year, according to the Office for National Statistics.
15 Feb 17The number of people in work in the UK continued to grow in the three months to December 2016, although the rate of increase has slowed, official figures have shown.
21 Mar 16Facts and figures from April 2016’s Public Finance magazine, including town vs country priorities, interest rates, Northern Powerhouse prospects and Danish asylum seizures
20 Jan 16The number of people out of work has fallen to the lowest level since before the 2008 recession that followed the financial crisis, according to figures published by the Office for National...
16 Sep 15Public sector employment fell to 5.4 million in the second quarter of the year, its lowest level since 1999 when records began.
17 Aug 15The government is to implement major reforms to unemployment support for under-25s from April 2017, with young people set to lose benefits if they turn down job offers, apprenticeships or training.
