• November 23 2020
  Coronavirus economic impact

  Covid crisis threatens UK boom in self-employed work

  Many have been unable to operate during the crisis and do not qualify for government support

  
• November 21 2020
  Coronavirus economic impact

  Sunak’s public sector pay freeze risks sending the wrong message

  UK chancellor’s plan could backfire say economists.

  
• November 20 2020
  UK employment

  Young people in UK staying in education rather than seeking work

  Data show fall in number of 16-24-year-olds not in education, employment or training

  
• November 18 2020
  Coronavirus economic impact

  UK economy tracker: the tough outlook for jobs

  Unemployment is expected to rise despite the government’s extension of the furlough scheme

  
• November 18 2020
  UK social mobility

  Ethnic minority migrants and mothers slip down UK career ladder

  Social mobility study also finds non-graduates often take roles with lower pay and status than those held by their parents

  
• November 12 2020
  Coronavirus economic impact

  Central bank chiefs upbeat on vaccine boost to global economy

  Powell, Lagarde and Bailey see uncertainty lifting but want continued support for recovery

  
• November 12 2020
  UK business & economy

  BoE governor says vaccine advance is ‘very encouraging’ for UK economy

  Andrew Bailey optimistic that pandemic’s long-term damage should be less than previous recessions

  
• November 11 2020
  AnalysisUK employment

  Record surge in redundancies pushes UK unemployment to 4.8%

  Young people particularly hard hit as new hirings plummet along with graduate jobs and internships

  
• November 8 2020
  Coronavirus economic impact

  Millions of self-employed left out of latest UK support scheme

  ‘Badly targeted’ approach excludes many of the hardest hit while boosting others, research suggests

  
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• November 6 2020
  UK employment

  Sunak’s abrupt turn on UK furlough scheme draws criticism from sceptics

  Economists warn policy change will be expensive while others say it fails to offer safety net for all

  
• November 3 2020
  Coronavirus economic impact

  Furlough leaves 2m UK employees earning less than minimum wage

  Lowly paid workers have suffered the biggest falls in earnings due to the pandemic, official figures show

  
• November 3 2020
  Special ReportWorld Economy

  Pandemic hits poor hit hardest as inequality rises

  Unlike Black Death, coronavirus has widened divisions, hurting low skilled, women and the young more than others

  
• November 3 2020
  Brexit

  Post-Brexit migration rules risk staff crisis in social care, warns study

  Two-thirds of EU citizens employed in UK would not have qualified for a work visa under new regime

  
• November 1 2020
  AnalysisCoronavirus economic impact

  Lockdown delivers blow to hopes of UK recovery

  Stay-at-home order reinforces the case for MPC to launch a fresh round of quantitative easing

  
• October 30 2020
  Coronavirus economic impact

  Sunak under pressure to mend UK welfare system as furlough ends

  Some 6m households likely to have to rely on benefits as jobs crisis is set to worsen

  
• October 29 2020
  UK business & economy

  IMF urges UK to keep spending to tackle pandemic crisis

  Output now expected to shrink 10.4% in 2020 and recover only partially next year

  
• October 23 2020
  UK business & economy

  Childcare provision hit by coronavirus cutbacks

  With many providers already under intense financial strain, the drop in demand has hit the sector hard

  
• October 19 2020
  Global migration

  Pandemic ends a decade of growth in global migration

  Movement of people is in ‘historic decline’ that will have lasting effects, says OECD

  
• October 18 2020
  UK welfare reform

  MPs urge ministers to make UK welfare system more generous

  Cross-party report warns on hardship caused by 5-week wait for initial benefits payments

  
• October 14 2020
  UK economic growth

  UK risks lasting economic scars from Covid and Brexit, OECD warns

  Spending cuts and productivity boosts needed to repair damage from pandemic and EU exit

  
• October 13 2020
  UK employment

  UK job losses rise at record rate in 3 months to August

  Redundancies jump by 114,000 while number claiming out-of-work benefits rises to 2.7m

  
• October 12 2020
  UK public finances

  Britain faces £40bn a year tax rises to stop debt spiralling

  IFS forecasts borrowing to hit £350bn, the highest peacetime level in three centuries

  
• October 12 2020
  Nobel prizes

  Nobel Prize in economics awarded to duo for work on auction theory

  Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson developed new types of auctions for sale of goods and services

  
• October 9 2020
  UK business & economy

  Sunak unveils local furlough plan ahead of new curbs in north

  Government will pay up to 66% of wages of workers in hospitality venues forced to close

  
• October 7 2020
  UK employment

  London a recruiting black spot as rest of UK recovers

  Demand for employees still declining as jobseekers look outside the capital