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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.
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12 Aug 15
Unemployment has crept up for the second month running, with 25,000 more people out of work over the three months to June, compared with the first quarter of the year.
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15 Jul 15
The number of people out of work has increased for the first time since the first three months in 2013, figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed today.
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13 May 15
The UK’s employment rate fell to 5.5% in the three months to March, the lowest since mid-2008, while wages rose ahead of inflation, figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed.
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18 Mar 15
The unemployment rate was 5.7% over the three months to January, Office of National Statistics figures have revealed ahead of today’s Budget.
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28 Jul 14
The government has been urged to work more effectively with charities and service users when designing outsourcing contracts to ensure the ‘waste and inefficiency’ of the Work Programme is not...
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.
18 Mar 15The unemployment rate was 5.7% over the three months to January, Office of National Statistics figures have revealed ahead of today’s Budget.
28 Jul 14The government has been urged to work more effectively with charities and service users when designing outsourcing contracts to ensure the ‘waste and inefficiency’ of the Work Programme is not...
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