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Today’s figures show an unexpected welcome fall in unemployment, youth unemployment, and a small rise in the claimant count – over the next few months C4 News will continue telling the story of jobs in Britain with a series of reports for the Channel 4 Jobs Report (#c4jobs).
After nine months of rising unemployment, the jobless tally unexpectedly falls for the first time in almost a year.
As unemployment falls for the first time in a year, Channel 4 News looks at whether the bad times may be coming to an end.
The UK creates over five million jobs every year, but only boosting demand for labour will get the unemployed into jobs, economist Jonathan Portes tells the Channel 4 Jobs Report.
Nick Clegg claimed today: “The unemployment of women went up by 24 per cent under Labour”. Was he right? FactCheck investigates.
The UK unemployment rate increases to a near 17-year high after another rise in the jobless total to almost 2.7 million.
Youth unemployment sailed past the million mark last month with much furore, prompting the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to wade into the waters with some perspective. FactCheck takes a look at the findings.
The UK’s unemployment rate has increased to a 16-year high after another rise in the jobless total.
“If this was a boxing match, we’d give Mr Cameron a narrow win on points.”
History shows that when unemployment reaches today’s level it has always shot much higher, reports Economics Editor Faisal Islam.
As the number of unemployed rises to 2.68 million in the three months to November, the highest level in 17 years, an expert tells Channel 4 News that young people and over 50s are “bearing the brunt”.
The jobless total rises by up 128,000 to 2.64 million – but the number on benefits is falling. One employment expert tells Channel 4 News that people are being “slung out of the benefits system.”
Flood damaged blue chip companies consider quitting Thailand threatening hundreds of thousands of jobs, reports John Sparks from Ayutthaya, Thailand.
Youth unemployment has reached a record high of 1.02 million, with 22 per cent of 16- to 24-year-olds out of work.
The job market in the UK faces a “slow, painful contraction” as employers hold back on recruitment, warns the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.