Employment support needs to be a ‘top priority’ as long-term sickness hits new record June 11, 2024 New figures out today showed that 9.4m people were economically inactive in the three months to April, up nearly 400,000 on last year, with long-term sickness a major contributor.
August interest rate cut not a ‘slam dunk’ after ambiguous labour market data June 11, 2024 "The labour market is gradually easing," Rob Wood, chief UK economist Pantheon Macroeconomics said, but an August cut is "not a slam dunk".
Tata Steel ‘apprehensive’ of election’s impact on £1.25bn Port Talbot plans June 11, 2024 Tata Steel has raised concerns about the impact the UK's General Election on July 4 could have on its £1.25bn plans at its Port Talbot site.
Why Labour will need to fix the UK’s labour market to unlock economic growth June 10, 2024 Its easy to see why an economy's labour market is important for boosting economic growth, and indeed a growing labour market has been one of the major drivers of growth over the past few decades.
Election 2024: Labour pledge savings for parents as childcare policies fleshed out June 9, 2024 Free breakfast clubs in primary schools will save parents an annual £400, Labour has said, as the party begins to flesh out its plans for childcare policy.
Tories say they’ll impose annual visa cap to cut legal migration June 4, 2024 The Conservatives have announced plans for a new annual cap on visas to ensure immigration falls, in their latest general election pledge.
Labour wants to cut migration but won’t give specific target, Yvette Cooper says June 2, 2024 Labour has refused to set specific targets on how it wants to reduce net migration to the UK should it win the general election.
Businesses ‘crying out for help to tackle skills shortage’, says Labour June 2, 2024 The announcement comes days after Labour was seen courting bosses, asking them to declare their support for the reformed levy, according to Sky News.
General Election 2024: Richard Tice and Nigel Farage’s Reform call for ‘employer immigration tax’ May 30, 2024 Reform UK leader Richard Tice has announced plans for an “employer immigration tax” in a bid to reduce a UK “addiction to cheap overseas labour”.
Election 2024: Sunak wants to ‘scrap rip off degrees in favour of 100K apprenticeships’ May 29, 2024 Rishi Sunak has pledged to scrap “rip-off degrees” in favour of creating 100,000 more apprenticeships, in his latest election policy announcement.