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The employment figures can’t hide the fact that Britain needs a pay rise

By Richard Exell | Published: June 12, 2013

Today’s employment figures include a couple of headlines the government will be grateful for and what seems like an improvement on the pay front. But when you look at the labour market from a slightly longer perspective, the picture is less brilliant.

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Unemployment down 5,000 to 2.51 million

By James Bloodworth | Published: June 12, 2013

Unemployment decreased by 5,000 between February 2013 and April 2013 to 2.51 million, with the unemployment rate rising to 7.8 per cent, today’s labour market statistics reveal.

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Today’s labour market statistics: ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’

By Duncan Weldon | Published: May 15, 2013

The ‘recovery’ in the wider economy is not being matched by rising real wages or rising living standards, instead the demand-constrained UK economy might be stumbling into a lower wage, lower productivity growth model with serious implications for living standards in the future.

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Unemployment up 15,000 to 2.52 million

By James Bloodworth | Published: May 15, 2013

Unemployment rose by 15,000 between January 2013 and March 2013 to 2.52 million, with the unemployment rate rising to 7.8 per cent, today’s labour market statistics reveal.

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Youth unemployment over 70,000 under the coalition

By James Bloodworth | Published: May 1, 2013

Since the coalition took office long term youth unemployment has risen to over 70,000, according to figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

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The weakness of the wider economy is catching up with the labour market

By Duncan Weldon | Published: April 17, 2013

Whilst important not to read too much into one set of figures, it may now be the case that the weakness of the wider economy is catching up with the labour market.

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Unemployment up 70,000 to 2.56 million

By James Bloodworth | Published: April 17, 2013

Unemployment rose by 70,000 between December 2012 and February 2013 to 2.56 million, and the unemployment rate has risen to 7.9%, today’s labour market statistics reveal.

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Making work pay…by freezing the minimum wage

By James Bloodworth | Published: April 2, 2013

The chancellor George Osborne will make a speech today in which he will say the government is “making work pay” through tax and benefit changes. Making work pay is an admirable goal and something that everyone on the left supports. The problem, however, is that the government’s idea of making work pay is radically different to that of most progressives, as a quick glance at today’s Daily Telegraph makes clear.

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Has stagnation caught up with the labour market?

By Richard Exell | Published: March 20, 2013

Today’s figures (covering November to January) have people wondering if the labour market may be running out of road. The key figure in today’s release is for pay. Average weekly earnings for regular pay (3 month average) in January were just 1.2 per cent higher than they had been a year earlier – the fifth successive fall in the annual rate of increase.

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Unemployment up 7,000 to 2.52 million

By James Bloodworth | Published: March 20, 2013

Unemployment rose by 7,000 between November 2012 and January 2013 to 2.52 million, but the unemployment rate stays at 7.8%, today’s labour market statistics reveal.

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