The first year of the UK's new post-Brexit immigration system has seen a large increase in the number of visas issued to non-EU migrants.
Job creation and losses
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Boris Johnson is reported to have told ministers at an away day that they must return civil servant numbers to those of 2016, reducing overall headcount by a fifth overall.
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The Green Jobs Delivery Group, with business, industry, union and academia involvement, has been tasked with supporting the delivery of up to 480,000 skilled green jobs by 2030.
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Convenience store chain McColl’s is urgently seeking a rescue deal that would save 16,000 jobs.
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The number of active job advertisements across the UK has risen steadily since late March 2022 but the lower level of new job ads suggests gathering fears over the economy.
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The Home Office tells French multinational Teleperformance to hire more staff in a bid to tackle Passport Office backlog.
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Unemployed workers face more job opportunities that match their skills now than they did pre-pandemic, according to labour market research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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Asda’s parent company EG Group has announced the creation of 32,000 jobs globally over the next five years, with most positions in the UK.
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Employers are feeling less confident about their ability to hire, as national insurance contributions rise and companies come under pressure to increase pay.
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Insolvency Service data on planned redundancies record large jump in February 2022.
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Pressure from investors over the cost of living has prompted Sainsbury’s to raise wages for the second time this year.
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Job vacancies posted in the UK fell to their lowest since mid-January, suggesting that the hiring spree seen since last summer has diminished.
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French, Dutch and Irish crews retained as questions grow over legality of P&O Ferries’ decision to axe 800 crews.
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UK ferry operator P&O Ferries has sacked about 800 crew across its fleet with no notice after stopping all its sailings on Thursday 17 March.
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In the last week of February there were around 1.82 million active job adverts in the UK – up by 8.6% from the previous week and by 41.5% from a month earlier.