Labour market

A critical shortage of skilled workers is jeopardising the government’s pledge to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029.

Entry-level opportunities have taken a significant hit, dropping by nearly a third since the advent of widely available generative AI tools at the end of 2022.

The government’s welfare bill has been altered as prime minister Keir Starmer sets out to gain the backing of more...

BoE: Signs the UK jobs market is slowing because employers are adjusting hiring and salary in response to higher employers' NIC.

Thousands of jobs in the UK are at stake over the potential loss of a bioethanol business in Hull because of deals struck between the US and the UK.

The median pay award in the UK remained steady at 3% in May, with public sector pay awards outstripping the private sector.

New graduates coming into the jobs’ market this summer will face a real bun fight, research has warned, with graduate...

The government has announced a £1.2 billion annual skills investment as the centrepiece of its new industrial strategy, including a significant boost to technical training and apprenticeships.

Low-paid workers could receive up to £1,000 under 'Britannia Card' proposal to provide tax exemptions for non-doms.

There was a month-by-month increase in the number of new job postings in the UK in May, new figures reveal.

One-third of businesses plan job cuts after increase in national insurance contributions (NICs), with one in five having done so already.

Almost a quarter (23%) of workers aged 16-24 rate their mental health as poor, and are most likely to report work has negative impact (34%).

Candidates availability in May 2025 rose at its fastest pace since 2020, amid reports of redundancies and fewer job opportunities.

UK job vacancies fall by 150,000 or 16.9% in the three months to the end of May 2025 compared to a year ago and are now 7.4% below pre-pandemic levels.

UK employers’ hiring confidence for the third quarter of this year has dropped 12%, the steepest quarterly fall in recent...