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Time Has Come To Dispel The Myth Of 'Feckless' Young People, UKCES Claims

Time Has Come To Dispel The Myth Of 'Feckless' Young People, UKCES Claims | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) is calling for more to be done to dispel the myth of 'feckless' young people.
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Fewer elderly people at work nowadays compared with Victorian times

Fewer elderly people at work nowadays compared with Victorian times | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Research shows only 10% of over 65s carry on working in 2014 compared with more than 50% in the 1890s
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Britain’s youth risk being locked out of any recovery

Britain’s youth risk being locked out of any recovery | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Tom Clark: From housing to jobs and benefits, the under-35s have little to hope for in the aftermath of this economic slump
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Employment rockets by record high as UK economy continues recovery

Employment rockets by record high as UK economy continues recovery | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
THE number of people with a job in Britain rocketed by a record 345,000 in the first three months of this year, official figures showed today.
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UK unemployment total falls to 2.16m

UK unemployment total falls to 2.16m | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it

The UK jobs market continued to improve in the three months to April, although the rate of wage increases slowed sharply, official figures show.

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News story: Record number of women in employment in Scotland

News story: Record number of women in employment in Scotland | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Unemployment in Scotland fell by 7,000, to 183,000 in the period February to April 2014, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data released today.
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Fresh drop in jobless rate shows strength of British economy

Fresh drop in jobless rate shows strength of British economy | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
The Office of National Statistics said unemployment fell by 161,000 to 2.16 million in the three months to April, and the jobless rate dropped to 6.6 per cent.
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Trades Union Congress - Pay packets have nosedived since government declared cost of living crisis over

Trades Union Congress - Pay packets have nosedived since government declared cost of living crisis over | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Commenting on the latest labour market figures, published today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:
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Record proportion of people in employment are home workers - ONS

Record proportion of people in employment are home workers - ONS | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
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British jobseeker forced to go to China after he was turned down 3,000 times

British jobseeker forced to go to China after he was turned down 3,000 times | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
A DESPERATE jobseeker who has been turned down for 3,000 posts in Britain is off to China for work.
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Benefit cuts creating new generation of entrepreneurs, Bank of England suggests - Telegraph

Benefit cuts creating new generation of entrepreneurs, Bank of England suggests - Telegraph | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Iain Duncan Smith hails Britain's 'entrepreneurial spirit' after Bank of England suggests welfare reforms are encouraging people to become self-employed
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How hard-up families can find benefits

How hard-up families can find benefits | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Turn2us - a charity that helps all people in need access benefits and grants - has just launched its annual Benefits Awareness Month campaign.
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Unemployment figure drops below 7%

Unemployment figure drops below 7% | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
For the first time since the recession, unemployment has dropped below 7 per cent and has seen the biggest annual jump in a generation.
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Self-Employment 'Is A Ticking Time Bomb'

Self-Employment 'Is A Ticking Time Bomb' | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Amid new data on the rise of the self-employed, a workers' union says poor pension provision is a disaster waiting to happen.
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Older worker hotspots revealed

Older worker hotspots revealed | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
According the figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions, Watford has the highest rate of employment among older workers.
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Government Cannot Deny ‘Growing Scandal Of In-Work Poverty’, Say Unite

Government Cannot Deny ‘Growing Scandal Of In-Work Poverty’, Say Unite | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Unite renewed calls for an immediate increase to the national minimum wage to tackle in-work poverty, following publication of a Living Wage Commission report.
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Unemployment down 161,000 to 2.6 million | Left Foot Forward

Unemployment down 161,000 to 2.6 million | Left Foot Forward | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Unemployment decreased by 161,000 in the three months to April 2014 to 2.6 million, with the unemployment rate now at 6.6 per cent, today’s labour market s
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Unemployment and out-of-work benefits - Full Fact

Unemployment and out-of-work benefits - Full Fact | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it

To be classed as unemployed from a statistical perspective, you need to meet two criteria

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Families suffer as wage growth falls again - Telegraph

Families suffer as wage growth falls again - Telegraph | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Wages fall back below inflation as squeeze on living standards goes on
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Employment up 345,000 compared with the previous quarter - ONS

Employment up 345,000 compared with the previous quarter - ONS | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it

Comparing February to April 2014 with November 2013 to January 2014, there was a large increase in employment and a large fall in unemployment. There was a further fall in the number of economically inactive people aged from 16 to 64.

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Labour market status by ethnic group: June 2014 - Publications - GOV.UK

Labour market status by ethnic group: June 2014 - Publications - GOV.UK | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Statistics on labour market status by ethnic group, with data for the full 2013 calendar year.
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Britain's workforce in 2022: From a nation of pen-pushers to an army of carers

Britain's workforce in 2022: From a nation of pen-pushers to an army of carers | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Once we were a nation of factory workers and farm hands, then a country of office pen-pushers. Britain’s workforce has transformed many times to meet the needs of a changing society and economy.
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Most former Remploy workers 'still out of jobs'

Most former Remploy workers 'still out of jobs' | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
THE majority of disabled workers who lost their jobs following the government's heartless closure of Britain's Remploy factories are still out of work, new figures revealed yesterday.
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More and more disabled people following their career dreams - Press releases - GOV.UK

More and more disabled people following their career dreams - Press releases - GOV.UK | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
The number of disabled people taking advantage of support to get or keep a job is up by over 10% on last year.
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At last, Labour has a plan for getting disabled people into employment

At last, Labour has a plan for getting disabled people into employment | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Sue Marsh: Rachel Reeves and Kate Green are moving Labour away from defining the problem as one of 'shirkers' who can work but don't
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