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                • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
                  UK immigration
                  UK migration advisers call for tighter foreign worker rules

                  ‘Shortage occupation list’ opens door to exploitation by bosses and should be axed, says Migration Advisory Committee

                  Commuters on their way to work cross London Bridge in central London
                • Monday, 2 October, 2023
                  Construction industry bears brunt of cooling UK labour market

                  The wider impact of the slowdown on employment is mitigated by an already depleted workforce

                  A construction worker lays bricks at a residential property
                • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
                  Liverpool has more stable jobs than other regions, research says

                  But employees in north and Midlands struggling more than those in south to find fair pay and predictable hours

                  Tourists visit statues of the four members of the Beatles band in Liverpool, England
                • Friday, 22 September, 2023
                  UK economy
                  UK recession risk increases as services activity falls

                  PMIs weaken to lowest in almost three years as companies cut jobs

                  A woman shops in a grocery store
                • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
                  National Health Service
                  Number of UK nursing students plummets despite NHS shortages

                  Low wages and student debt worries are believed to have undermined applications, putting workforce plan in doubt

                  A nurse walks through an NHS hospital ward
                • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
                  Sarah O'Connor
                  Why don’t people leave bad jobs?

                  Giving workers a bit more security might make the labour market more flexible, not less

                  A man and a woman ponder as they look at a door marked ‘exit’
                • Friday, 15 September, 2023
                  UK manufacturing
                  UK agrees £500mn deal to secure Port Talbot steelworks

                  Unions condemn agreement with Tata steel that could result in thousands of job losses

                  Workers outside Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales
                • Friday, 15 September, 2023
                  UK politics
                  Dominic Raab and other Tory MPs prepare for life after parliament

                  With the Labour party 18 points ahead in the polls many Conservatives are weighing up their career prospects

                • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
                  Hybrid working boosts number of UK women in full-time jobs, study finds

                  Public First research points to benefits of more flexible employment policies

                  A woman walks along a street looking at her mobile phone
                • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
                  Trades Union Congress
                  Angela Rayner pledges higher sick pay under a Labour government

                  Deputy leader tells TUC the party would improve worker rights and build more council houses

                  Angela Rayner addresses the Trades Union Congress in Liverpool
                • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
                  UK wages grow at 7.8% despite slowing jobs market

                  Average pay now growing faster than inflation, reinforcing Bank of England’s concerns

                  Commuters crossing London Bridge
                • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
                  UK government looks to roll back sickness benefits

                  Critics say move would leave vulnerable people in hardship without significant boost to number employed

                  A woman in a wheelchair works in an office
                • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
                  UK retail industry
                  Wilko break-up begins with 1,300 more job losses

                  Rival discounter B&M to acquire 51 stores but a similar number will close next week

                  A Wilko store in Kensington, London
                • Monday, 4 September, 2023
                  Emma Jacobs
                  Why companies need to raise their game on skills training

                  Jobs are evolving fast — but too many employers are not helping their staff keep up

                  Two women in the office, analysing data on a smartphone
                • Monday, 4 September, 2023
                  UK economy
                  UK wages: which sectors are driving up pay?

                  Britain could see interest rates rise further as pay growth remains high

                  montage of a worker in front of a graphic
                • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
                  Apprenticeship levy
                  English councils seek devolution of apprenticeships as uptake sinks

                  CCN calls for restoration of adult education budget to 2010 levels and says levy has failed

                • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
                  UK government spending
                  One in 11 workers in England will be employed in NHS by 2036, IFS calculates

                  Long-term workforce plan acknowledges virtual inevitability of big increases in health spending, study finds

                  Staff on NHS ward
                • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
                  UK retail industry
                  Wilko administrators warn of ‘likely’ job losses and store closures

                  PwC continues to seek buyer for UK discount retailer after its collapse earlier this month

                  Exterior of a Wilko
                • Friday, 18 August, 2023
                  Labour Party UK
                  Angela Rayner defends Labour party’s stance on workers’ rights

                  Deputy leader’s promise of ‘biggest levelling-up’ in decades comes after FT reported plans had been watered down

                  Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner
                • Friday, 18 August, 2023
                  Inside Politics
                  Diluting worker pledges leaves Labour open to fire from all sides

                  Risks of the party’s strategy heighten as officials enjoy less freedom to tailor messages to certain audiences

                  Labour leader Keir Starmer speaks to a local resident in Exeter, England
                • Friday, 18 August, 2023
                  Work & Careers
                  Is a degree worth it?

                  Employers are starting to look more at skills than education, which is good news for students opting not to go to university

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                • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
                  News in-depthLabour Party UK
                  Labour rows back on workers’ rights to blunt Tory ‘anti-business’ claims

                  Starmer dilutes pledge to boost protections for gig economy as party focuses on winning over Britain’s corporate leaders

                  Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer
                • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
                  UK inflation
                  UK inflation slows to 6.8% in July as energy prices fall

                  Lower gas and electricity bills bring rate down but underlying pressures fail to ease

                  A shopper looks at items on a supermarket shelf next to a shopping trolley
                • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
                  UK inflation
                  Record UK wage growth fuels inflation concerns

                  Markets price in further interest rate rise after data shows private sector pay rose 8.2% in three months to June

                  Office workers walking across London Bridge
                • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
                  UK business
                  UK employers increasingly resort to bidding wars to retain staff, says survey

                  Research by HR body appears to contradict data suggesting labour market is cooling

                  An office worker on an escalator
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