More than a million workers employed on zero-hour contracts
The Times - 21 March 2024
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Record number of young people on zero-hour contracts – report
Independent - 21 March 2024
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Record number of young workers on zero-hour contracts, says report
The Express - 21 March 2024
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Record number of young people on zero-hour contracts – report
The Standard - 21 March 2024
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Record number of young people on zero-hour contracts as 'insecure work' soars
Mirror - 21 March 2024
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Early interest rate cut in doubt amid ‘sticky’ wage growth
The Standard - 12 March 2024
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Fifth of British workforce now in insecure employment
The Times - 26 February 2024
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Record long-term sickness bodes ill for UK economic growth
The Guardian - 17 February 2024
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Workers’ rights
The Times - 17 February 2024
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Rise in long-term sickness pushes up labour force inactivity
The Times - 13 February 2024
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UK labour market continues to face challenges
LBC Radio - 13 February 2024
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UK pay growth slows but keeps beating inflation – business live
The Guardian - 13 February 2023
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Buoyant UK labour market data belies rise in long-term sickness
The Guardian - 13 February 2023
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Australian employees will have right to ignore work calls outside office hours
i News - 7 February 2024
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DWP claimant count update as unemployment refuses to budge and wage growth plunges
Express - 16 January 2024
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Over 5,000,000 households to get up to £470 payment increase next year
Metro - 22 November 2023
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Jeremy Hunt confirms minimum wage to rise to £11.44
Metro - 22 November 2023
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Over 5,000,000 households to get up to £470 payment increase next year
Metro - 22 November 2023
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Deliveroo UK Supreme Court ruling
Times Radio - 21 November 2023
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Fears Universal Credit to be scrapped for millions in Autumn Statement DWP shake-up
Daily Express - 17 November 2023
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Unemployed who ‘refuse to engage’ could lose benefits in Hunt crackdown
The Guardian - 16 November 2023
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The zero-hours life: Rose Atkinson on hunger, hell and hope in 20 years of precarious work
The Guardian - 15 November 2023
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UK labour market
LBC Radio- 14 November 2023
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The zero-hours life: Rose Atkinson on hunger, hell and hope in 20 years of precarious work
The Guardian - 15 November 2023
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Life’s getting a little bit easier after inflation halves within a year
Metro - 15 November 2023
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Pay rises still too high, warns Bank chief economist
The Telegraph - 14 November 2023
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Jeremy Hunt needs to act on staff shortages in autumn statement
The Guardian - 14 November 2023
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Wage growth outstrips inflation for first time in two years, rising 7.7%
Express - 14 November 2023
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Warning over 'soft' jobs market as employment flatlines in more worrying signs for Brits - with Jeremy Hunt facing growing calls to cut taxes
Daily Mail - 24 October 2023
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Unchanged 4.2% unemployment rate 'could be enough' for another interest rate pause
Express - 24 October 2023
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Liverpool has more stable jobs than other regions, research says
Financial Times - 28 September 2023
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Burnt-out from work? Try following Hugh Jackman’s 85% rule
The Guardian- 15 September 2023
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Record UK Wage Growth Keeps Bank of England on Hike Path
Bloomberg - 24 August 2023
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Flexible Working Bill: What rights the new law gives you
Yahoo News UK - 20 July 2023
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Is the inflation nightmare nearly over?
Daily Mail - 19 July 2023
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Disabled workers are 1.5 times more likely to be in “severely insecure employment,” compared to non-disabled workers
BBC Access All - 30 June 2023
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UK short-term borrowing costs surge above Truss-era highs as more UK interest rate rises loom
The Guardian - 13 June 2023
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Boost for Britain as number in work hits new record high despite stuttering economy with inactivity rates finally falling
Daily Mail - 13 June 2023
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Drop in real term pay erodes spending power of millions of Britons
Evening Standard - 16 May 2023
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UK interest rate rises are taking the labour market off the boil
The Guardian - 16 May 2023
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What Responsibility Do Employers Have During The Cost Of Living Crisis?
Forbes - 18 April 2023
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Wages failing to keep pace with price rises for 15th month in a row
Evening Standard - 18 April 2023
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Sickness drags down UK economy as job vacancies go unfilled
The Guardian - 18 April 2023
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Hunt’s jobs drive will push mothers on benefits to work 30-hour week
The Guardian - 22 March 2023
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Anger over ‘free childcare’ because it won’t come into effect for so long
The Metro - 15 March 2023
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Budget 2023: Parents could lose benefits under plans to get universal credit claimants into work
I News - 15 March 2023
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How to boost your financial confidence and save smart, according to experts
Marie Claire - 15 February 2023
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Rising private sector pay adds to pressure on ministers over strikes
Evening Standard – 18 January 2023
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Women to be worst hit by Tory bonfire of EU employment rights after Brexit, report claims
I News - 17 January 2023
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Jacob Rees-Mogg says 'no excuse' to not tear up 4,000 post-Brexit EU laws in just months
The Daily Express – 11 January 2023
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Labour plans overhaul of jobseeking with more power for councils
The Guardian – 02 January 2023
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Strikes blamed for most working days lost in more than 10 years
Evening Standard – 13 December 2022
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Pay cut for millions of workers as real wages fall 2.7%
The Sun – 13 December 2022
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How lockdown has left women more vulnerable to the recession
The Daily Telegraph – 2 December 2022
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Labour would cut benefit penalties in bid to get people back into work
The Daily Telegraph - 30 November 2022
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UK in recession as OBR says living standards crash
The Independent - 17 November 2022
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Disability and working age benefits to rise in line with inflation
The Daily Mail - 17 November 2022
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Benefits to rise with inflation – at a cost of £11bn to the taxpayer
The Daily Telegraph - 17 November 2022
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UK unemployment rises to 3.6 per cent as recession looms
Independent - 15 November 2022
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'I was left with no hours, no wages - nothing'
BBC News - 20 October 2022
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UK unemployment falls but number of long-term sick rises to record high
The Guardian - 11 October 2022
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Lowest jobless tally since 1974 adds rate pressure on Bank of England
Evening Standard – 11 October 2022
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'Punitive’ benefits policy will cause ‘significant distress’, say charities
The Independent - 23 September 2022
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Workers’ real pay drops for ninth month in row
London Evening Standard – 13 September 2022
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Energy bills: Liz Truss caps gas and electricity prices at £2,500
Yahoo UK News – 8 September 2022
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UK energy price cap to rise 80% to £3,549 this October
Yahoo UK News -26 August 2022
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Real wages fall by a record 3%
Times Radio - 16 August 2022
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UK real pay falls by record 3%, as job vacancies also decline
The Guardian - 16 August 2022
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Cost of living crisis leaves workers exhausted and scared for the future
The Independent - 31st July 2022
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Is the cost of living crisis forcing you to rethink work?
BBC Radio 4 – You and Yours - 26 July 2022
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UK pay falls at fastest rate on record as inflation bites
The Guardian - 19 July 2022
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UK workers suffer record drop in real terms pay
Yahoo UK News -19 July 2022
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Real pay dropping at fastest rate since records began
London Evening Standard - 19 July 2022
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Digital poverty in North West England –
ITV News Borders - 22 June 2022
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Talk of a 1970s-style “summer of discontent” obscures the realities of the modern labour market
Prospect Magazine - 22 June 2022
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Chancellor’s pledge will be lifeline for many, but critics warn it’s too little, too late
Guardian - 27 May 2022
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Women, disabled people, those from ethnically diverse backgrounds and young staff are the most likely to have been consistently trapped in insecure jobs
LBC News - 27 May 2022
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MILLIONS of workers have been ‘consistently trapped' in insecure jobs over the last 20 years
The Metro - 27 May 2022
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Chancellor's pledge will be lifeline for many, but critics warn it's too little, too late
The Guardian - 27 May 2022
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One-off £650 payment to be given to 8,000,000 of UK’s lowest income households
The Metro - 27 May 2022
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Job vacancies outpace unemployment for first time
BBC News - 17 May 2022
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Regular pay lagging behind inflation as UK unemployment falls to lowest since 1974 – business live
The Guardian - 17 May 2022
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Queen's Speech in full - how 38 Bills at State Opening of Parliament affect you
Mirror - 10 May 2022
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UK wage squeeze continues; US inflation jumps to 40-year high of 8.5% – as it happened
The Guardian - 12 April 2022
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UK unemployment drops to pre-pandemic levels
Financial Times - 12 April 2022
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UK jobless rate drops as more people leave labour market; real public sector pay shrinks – business live
The Guardian - 12 April 2022
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Flexible working is the here and now, and can be good for your business and employees
The Telegraph - 1 April 2022
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UK basic pay falls behind inflation at fastest rate in eight years
Yahoo - 15 Mar 2022
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Cost of living: 'My pay isn't keeping up with rising prices'
BBC - 15 Mar 2022
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The Original Hybrid Workers Can Teach Us How to Do It Right
Wired Online - 28 Feb 2022
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Fifty something burnout — are you on the brink?
The Times - 19 Feb 2022
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More Than Half Of UK’s Film & TV Workforce Experienced Bullying
Yahoo News - 16 Feb 2022
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UK sees record job creation but inflation squeezes wages
Reuters - 18 Jan 2022
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UK job vacancies hit record high as Omicron threatens recovery
Yahoo News - 12 Dec 2021
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Retail sector worker insecurity
BBC Radio 4 You and Yours - 03 Nov 2021
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More than 29million people back in work as employment rebounds to pre-pandemic levels
MSN - 12 Oct 2021
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Returning to work in the office
BBC Radio Lancashire - 07 October 2021