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Figures reveal unemployment down to pre-pandemic levels
The pandemic changed the way we work. But could that change be a permanent one?
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“By saying race has nothing to do with unemployment, you can’t fix the problem” – Lord Woolley
We spoke to Lord Simon Woolley, who’s founder and director of Operation Black Vote and a former senior government adviser on race equality.
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Ministers under fire for being unable to explain surge in unemployment among young Black people
MPs have accused the Department for Work and Pensions of being unable to explain why there’s a “shocking inequality” in UK unemployment, after the jobless figure among young Black people soared to more than 41% during the pandemic.
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UK unemployment falls as job vacancies rise to all-time high
The latest ONS figures out today show job vacancies are at a record high of nearly one million while unemployment has fallen in the quarter from April to June. Are these further signs the economy is on the road to recovery?
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Covid pushes unemployment up to 5%
The number of people out of work across the UK has continued to rise. The impact of the Covid crisis on the jobs market has pushed unemployment up to 5%, with more than 800,000 workers dropping off company payrolls since the pandemic began. But even this doesn’t reveal the true picture, with millions of people…
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Unemployment predicted to surge to 2.6m by mid-2021
We took a closer look at the chilly economic figures put out by the spending watchdog
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UK youth unemployment hits highest level in 40 years, report says
One in five young people who were put on furlough during the first lockdown are now out of work
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UK unemployment hits three-year high
The fine balance between health and the economy is the key issue at the heart of government at this time.
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Will jobs scheme prevent mass unemployment?
The Chancellor says his new plan will help to save jobs. But will it really stave off mass unemployment?
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Fears ‘lost generation’ unemployment could top a million
No jobs, no training, no opportunities – in an economy battered by the impact of the pandemic there’s little wonder that young people are being called the lost generation.
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Unemployment rises to two-year high as young suffer greatest number of job losses
Figures reveal that it’s the 16 to 24 year group who’ve also suffered the highest number of job losses. over the course of the pandemic.
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Government is trying to ‘blunt the extent of spike’ in unemployment – Chair of Treasury Select Committee
Conservative MP Mel Stride, chair of the Commons Treasury Committee, spoke to us from Central London.
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Labour’s shadow chancellor warns of ‘additional waves of unemployment’ unless government changes course
We speak to Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds.
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Trump provokes outrage after saying ‘great day’ for George Floyd as unemployment falls
In the United States, President Trump has caused outrage after suggesting that it was a “great day” for George Floyd.
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Economist Stephanie Kelton on US unemployment crisis: ‘The only game in town is the federal government’
Joining me now from the US is the economic historian and author, Niall Ferguson, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University – and Stephanie Kelton, a professor of economics at Stony Brook University.
