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Unemployment

  • 16 Jul 2014

    Employment up – but so are prices, as wage growth slows

    UK employment is on the rise – but so are prices. And the growth of wages is continuing to slow. Are we in the middle of a massive #payfail? Here’s the three things you need to know.

  • 26 Jun 2014
    Jackie Long

    What do Richard Gere and Iain Duncan Smith have in common?

    Writing about Universal Credit is a bit like writing about a celebrity marriage. You know it’s in trouble , you just don’t know how much or exactly why.

  • 19 Jun 2014

    Ed Miliband sets out plans to cut benefits for young jobless

    Unemployed youngsters should be stripped of out-of-work benefits unless they agree to training in vital skills, Labour leader Ed Miliband says.

  • 11 Jun 2014
    Paul Mason

    Economic recovery fuelled by cheap labour

    Strong jobs growth continues as UK unemployment rate falls – but wage data show prices continue to rise much faster than pay packets.

  • 11 Jun 2014

    ‘Cost of living crisis’ returns to haunt government

    Unemployment continues to fall, but pay growth drops significantly – despite government hopes that the so-called “cost of living crisis” is coming to an end.

  • 21 May 2014

    The 20-year-old who ‘became a statistic’ and killed himself

    Martin Hadfield’s parents put the 20-year-old’s suicide down to his struggle to find a job. He is not alone, and The Samaritans say there is a lack of “safety net” after this recession.

  • 29 Apr 2014

    Why not everyone is benefiting from economic growth

    After years in the doldrums, Britain appears to be in the midst of sustainable growth. But it’s not good news all round.

  • 28 Apr 2014

    Help to work: fulfilling potential or unpaid labour?

    The “help to work” programme comes into effect today, meaning the long-term unemployed face having their benefits cut unless they visit a Jobcentre every day.

  • 9 Apr 2014
    Matt Frei

    Facing the harsh economic truth: Spain’s brain drain

    We may be seeing the green shoots of recovery come into full bloom – but parts of Europe still languish.

  • 4 Apr 2014
    Jackie Long

    The unexpected costs of the ‘welfare revolution’

    If the government’s “welfare revolution” is to work , then it has to work in places like Torfaen, a south Wales community where direct payments are being trialled.

  • 1 Apr 2014
    Jackie Long

    Families hit hard by scrapping of council tax benefits

    If you’re one of the 2.34 million low-income families who used to get council tax benefit, you’ll be paying on average £149 more in council tax this year than just over a year ago.

  • 20 Mar 2014

    FactCheck: Work Programme still under pressure to prove its worth

    By Patrick Worrall

    The government’s back-to-work programme is praised by ministers but damned as a failure by the unions. FactCheck referees.

  • 19 Mar 2014
    Jackie Long

    Budget brings storm clouds to Port Sunlight

    Port Sunlight on the Wirral lives up to its status as a model village, with wide tree lined roads and pristine gardens. That’s despite, not because of, the economy, residents say.

  • 6 Mar 2014

    Up to a third of jobs on government website are suspect

    An investigation by Channel 4 News finds that as many as one-in-three jobs now advertised on the government’s Universal Jobmatch website are suspect.

  • 4 Mar 2014

    Why some apprenticeships fall short

    A new report says 300,000 more apprentices would add £4bn to the British economy. But despite their glossy endorsements, some big firms are failing in the training and remuneration they offer.

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