Economics, government & business

Just 14% of consumers polled by Lloyds TSB said employment opportunities have improved over the past 12 months, while almost three times as many (40%) believe they have got worse

CBI calls for temporary ban on migrant workers from Romania and Bulgaria.

The Conservative Party has called for an end to shaming public sector workers and a new “partnership with the professions”...

Government incentives have not encouraged up to a third of employers to train staff

DSG's new technical support service will include a call centre and on-site visits to businesses and consumers across the UK

The UK's biggest water company Thames Water has announced plans to axe up to a quarter of its workforce as part of a major cost-cutting drive.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is reportedly reconsidering the government's position on globalisation as unemployment continues to rise and more industries become vulnerable to offshoring

Three-quarters of funding received by the Labour party now comes from trade unions, it has emerged

Northern Foods plans to axe almost 700 jobs when it shuts its bakery in Manchester later this year

The education system – and not employers – is squarely to blame for the rapidly falling number of science and engineering graduates in the UK, the CBI has insisted

The UK's position on the Working Time Directive (WTD) is said to be "in safe hands" following the appointment of a new civil servant to build a European consensus on the controversial legislation

Employers are placing much more emphasis on the soft skills of school leavers such as communication skills and work ethic than on literacy and numeracy, according to new research

The number of City jobs created in July was almost 20% higher than the previous month, according to recruitment consultancy Morgan McKinley.

The number of unemployed people in the UK has risen to 1.68 million between April and June, according to government figures

Latest government figures show slight upward trend.