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‘Not all DVS providers make it clear that no statutory excuse is being established when they carry out right to work checks on foreign nationals.’

The move triggered alarm across Wall Street, with investors expressing concern that interference in official statistics could erode confidence in US markets.

Employers are feeling more optimistic about the future than at any time in over two years, according to a new survey of businesses.

The year to 31 March 2025 saw lower levels of new entrants to the civil service overall compared with the year before.

Hiring intentions for the next year climbed to the highest level since 2015, according to Lloyds Bank’s Business Barometer.

One in four young people considering emigrating from the UK, according to poll that found that only a third have never considered it.

Nearly 50,000 businesses were in critical financial distress in the spring, an increase of 21.4% compared with the previous year.

UK vacancies rose to 875,546 in June – the strongest annual growth since July 2022.

A ‘small burst of hiring’ meant that new UK job postings went up by just over 6% in June, according to the REC.

The hospitality sector accounted for almost half of job losses in the latest employment figures from the Office for National Statistics.

Jaguar Land Rover will cut up to 500 management roles in the UK after facing financial pressures from US trade tariffs.

Excluding the volatile period caused by the pandemic, UK job vacancies have fallen to their lowest level in a decade, according to ONS.

ONS announces an unexpected rise in inflation to 3.6% in June 2025, still significantly higher than the Bank of England’s target of 2%.

The latest survey of recruitment consultancies signalled an accelerated decline in hiring activity across the UK at the end of the second quarter.

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