The Department for Education and Skills (DFES) has launched its fourth annual awards to recognise individuals and support teams in the learning and skills sector
Economics, government & business
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Employment in the public sector rose by 72,000 from January to September 2005, compared with an increase of 115,000 the previous year. The largest increases were in health and social work (45,000) and the education sector (25,000)
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Lord Turner's proposals to solve the UK's looming pensions crisis is a "throwback to the Stalinist era", according to the head of the UK's pension fund lobby
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Royal Mail is reportedly planning to begin a fresh round of cost-cutting that unions fear may trigger 40,000 job losses and a major switch from full-time to part-time work
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The massive financial deficit in the NHS is a direct result of the government underestimating the cost of new staff contracts, according to the Conservatives.
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Rentokil Initial is closing its workwear and linen operations at Initial Hygiene UK with the loss of up to 1,700 jobs.
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Thursday is day of woe for HR professionals.
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Public sector employers are experiencing shortages of IT contractors with the security clearance needed to work on sensitive networking projects.
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Global car giant DaimlerChrysler is to cut 6,000 jobs in a bid to cut costs.
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Nearly half of UK workers have reading and number skills similar to children leaving primary school.
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Newly released welfare figures show Glasgow has the highest number of incapacity benefit claimants in the UK.
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The government is now the biggest employer of freelance IT staff in the UK.A survey of 2,500 freelance IT staff...
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GPs could be offered cash incentives for signing fewer people off work.
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The government is drawing up controversial plans to switch work overseas, according to a leaked internal document.
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HR staff at electrical chains Dixons and Currys could face the axe after its owner DSG said it is to cut office jobs as part of a £20m savings drive