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    • Wednesday, 10 January, 2024
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      Move by country’s largest craft beer brewer points to broader cooling of wage pressures across economy

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    • Monday, 8 January, 2024
      UK fishing
      UK seafood industry cracks down on exploitation of overseas crew

      Two-year scheme sets new standards for pay and working conditions on British boats

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    • Tuesday, 2 January, 2024
      News in-depthUK economy
      UK economy will enter ‘grey gloom’ until polling day, economists say

      Lower inflation will result in little perceptible improvement to living standards as growth stagnates in 2024, the FT’s annual survey predicts

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    • Tuesday, 2 January, 2024
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      FT economists survey: ‘anaemic’ economy needs ‘investment, investment, investment’

      Experts’ full responses to questions on the year ahead for the UK economy

      Economists expect inflation to continue falling and the economy to remain largely stagnant
    • Wednesday, 20 December, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      UK public sector pay deals in 2023 were one-offs, warn ministers

      Letters setting out review bodies’ remit for wages in coming year cite ‘historic nature’ of recent settlements

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    • Wednesday, 20 December, 2023
      Remuneration
      High pay awards likely to keep UK interest rates higher for longer

      The figures show the extent to which salary pressures are still bubbling in Britain’s economy

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    • Monday, 18 December, 2023
      UK interest rates
      BoE awaiting clarity on wage growth before rate cuts, says deputy governor

      Ben Broadbent warns that inconsistent data has muddied picture for policymakers

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    • Thursday, 14 December, 2023
      Alison McGovern
      A failing UK labour market requires government intervention

      We should end the defeatist attitude that people are fated to be stuck in jobs that don’t suit them

      In life sciences, there has to be a plan to link local young people with opportunities across higher and further education
    • Wednesday, 13 December, 2023
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      UK’s post-study visa scheme fuels low-wage migration, experts warn

      Migration Advisory Committee report could lead to further tightening of rules for international students

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    • Tuesday, 12 December, 2023
      UK economy
      Business lobby group warns on ‘anti-growth’ climate in the UK

      Three-quarters of the British Chambers of Commerce’s membership say they are struggling to recruit staff

      Shevaun Haviland,
    • Tuesday, 12 December, 2023
      UK wage growth eases in sign of softening labour market

      ONS data prompts traders to increase bets BoE will soon cut rates

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    • Wednesday, 6 December, 2023
      UK immigration
      Women and small businesses face hardest hit from new UK migrant rules, say experts

      Immigration advisers warn aspects of policy likely to face legal challenge

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    • Monday, 4 December, 2023
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      UK government unveils measures to cut immigration by 300,000

      Salary threshold for skilled workers to rise following sharp increase in number of people moving to the country last year

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    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
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      Nurses from ‘red list’ nations boost NMC register

      Health professionals warn about over-reliance on ‘unethical’ hiring from overseas

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    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      ONS ‘experimental’ data lowers UK unemployment rate to 3.5%

      Rosier picture of jobs market comes on top of upgrades to GDP but statistics agency urges caution

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    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
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      High-flying City workers set to be most affected by AI, finds UK study

      Analysis suggests London is 5 times more exposed to impact of evolving technology than north-east England

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    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      News in-depthUK social care
      Long hours and large debts: care workers stranded by UK’s migration policy

      Clampdown on visas will not solve workforce crisis in underfunded sector, say unions and employers

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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Camilla Cavendish
      Slaying the worklessness monster is a thankless but crucial task

      While Labour should be grateful that Jeremy Hunt has done some of the heavy lifting, this is a broader issue for UK society

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    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Gig economy
      Deliveroo’s sub clause keeps the wheels turning

      Maximising the freelance-rider problem

    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      UK immigration
      Home Office looks at ways to cut legal migration to UK

      Options include raising visa salary thresholds and limiting number of dependants accompanying care workers

    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      Benefits recipients fear financial squeeze of chancellor’s welfare reforms

      Claimants previously assessed as too sick for a job worried they could be told to work from home

      Michael Robinson
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Roofoods Ltd
      UK Supreme Court rules Deliveroo riders are not workers in an employment relationship

      IWGB union loses landmark gig economy case in which it had also sought collective bargaining rights

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    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Heather Rolfe
      Plight of workless Hongkongers in the UK reveals a skills mismatch

      When immigration is high, employers need to focus on recruiting migrants who are here, not just ask for more

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    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      News in-depthForeign direct investment
      ‘We need tangible benefit’: Does investment in UK renewables create jobs?

      Locals in north-east Scotland say the billions poured into wind power have bypassed the community

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    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      UK to spend £2.5bn on employment support

      Chancellor to announce plans to tackle long-term sickness and joblessness in Autumn Statement next week

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