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UK / The Gender pay gap still at 15%
Official figures analysed by the TUC show the hourly rate of pay for men is £26.54 and for women £18.32, with the disparity even wider in part-time jobs Continue reading
BAE / To cut 1,775 jobs in Britain
British arms maker BAE Systems is set to axe more than 1,000 jobs at its shipbuilding yards in Scotland and southern England Continue reading
UK / Immigrants pay more tax into the British economy than native Brits and claim less in benefits
The report by University College London’s Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration found immigrants arriving after 1999 were 45% less likely to claim state benefits Continue reading
Co-op Group / To close 50 bank branches with “significant” job losses
The Co-operative Group on Monday announced plans to close around 50 of its bank branches as part of a £1.5 billion rescue plan that will give investors majority control of the lender… The move has caused concern among some about whether the bank will be able to retain the ethical approach which attracted many of … Continue reading
UK / One in five skilled jobs filled by immigrants
One in five skilled British jobs are now filled by immigrants s experts warn UK is becoming too reliant on foreign workers Continue reading
UK / Tata Steel cut around 500 jobs
Tata Steel, Europe’s second-largest steel producer, said on Tuesday it could cut around 500 jobs under plans to restructure the part of its British business that supplies the construction and engineering industries. Changes to its long products business – which makes tubes, rails and rods, used in many industrial sectors – will affect management and … Continue reading
UK / Apprenticeship reforms ‘favour’ large employers, say the AELP
Government reforms of apprenticeship schemes in England and Wales are biased in favour of large employers at the expense of SMEs, according to the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) Continue reading
UK Gender Life Expectancy Gap / Narrows to less than four years
Babies born from 2010 to 2012 can now expect to live to 79 if they are boys and 82.8 if they are girls Continue reading
UK / Shouldn’t waste the potential of so many of its citizens writes The Guardian
Recent research on adult skill levels in 24 rich nations sparked a rush of headlines on the inadequacy of our education system. England came 15th in literacy and 17th in numeracy in the global league table, based on a study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The report also revealed that people … Continue reading
UK / Record number in apprenticeships, but participation dips in under 19 age group
A record number of people – nearly 860,000 – were taking part in an apprenticeship in 2012/13, new figures show Continue reading
UK / Jobless claims drop by most since 1997, youth unemployment rate at 21%
U.K. jobless claims fell the most in 16 years last month as a wider measure of unemployment remained at 7.7 percent amid signs that the labor market is improving. Claims for unemployment benefit fell 41,700, the most since June 1997, the Office for National Statistics said in London today. The decline exceeded the 25,000 median … Continue reading
Scunthorpe Telegraph / 1,000 jobs in Thursday’s
Will be printing details of around 1,000 vacancies in our special Big Jobs Day supplement on Thursday Continue reading
UK / A 73 per cent increase in the number of ‘job-seeking’ EU immigrants
The findings led Boris Johnson to urge the Prime Minister to demand a change in EU laws to delay migrants’ access to benefits Continue reading
UK / Red Cross launches first emergency food aid for UK since WWII — RT News
Austerity measures and the economic downturn in the UK have prompted the British branch of the Red Cross to begin formulating an emergency food aid plan for Britain – the first the charity has set up for the country since WWII Continue reading
UK / Middle-class young ‘will fare worse than their parents’ finds Commission
David Cameron’s social mobility and child poverty inquiry to issue grim warning as debt and job fears create ‘perfect storm’ Today’s middle-class children are on track to be the first in more than a century to be materially less well off in adulthood than their parents, a government commission is expected to warn this week. … Continue reading
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