A Labour Government would exacerbate feelings of unfairness in society as they entrench a welfare-dependent culture built on the backs of those who work hard.
The reality is that for residents James Turner Street are seeing more jobs, less crime and better schooling for their children.
Voters will not re-elect a Prime Minister who appears to be enjoying himself: the better the economy does, the more he must suffer
If you want to thrive in the land of the robots, then best that you have the flexible, adaptable skills that they do not.
The evidence suggests little overall effect on unemployment or pay – but it’s a different story when it comes to the lowest skilled Britons.
Smaller and specialist providers should be funded upfront
Roughly a third of all single mums are on Jobseeker’s Allowance or Income Support.
One million unemployed used to be intolerable. Now we barely notice 2.5 million.
How is the labour market really doing? Who are the hardest to help among the unemployed? A week on Jobs opens on ConservativeHome.
As the headline job numbers improve, there’s still a long way to go for those at risk of being left behind.
The ONS’ Labour Market Statistics paint a familiar picture today: Employment is up, both in terms of the headcount (29.84 million, up 80,000 on the previous quarter and up 275,000 from a year ago) and as a percentage (71.6 per cent, up 0.2 percentage points on the previous quarter and 0.4 percentage points from a […]
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter If you read the Financial Times this morning you would have a seen a report that the Work Programme was proving effective, other newspaper reports were more negative. Last November the programme had been criticised although it had placed "only" 200,000 people into jobs. Whether or not that criticism was […]
Some things are just so last year: Gangnam Style, hosepipe bans, Mitt Romney and, of course, the Eurozone crisis. You remember the Eurozone crisis, don’t you? For a while it was all a bit touch-and-go, with the money markets threatening to cut off the flow of credit to countries like Spain and Italy. But after […]
It’s hard work, but we are putting deregulation on the agenda in Brussels – with success.