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  • Thursday, 4 March, 2021
    News in-depthUK Budget
    Investors lambast Sunak’s plans to raise corporation tax

    Shareholders warn move could hit dividends and make UK a less attractive place for investment

  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    UK Budget 2021: essential reading
    OBR paints brighter picture for UK economy

    Britain staves off threat of surging unemployment but some analysts warn against too much optimism

  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    News in-depthUK Budget
    Budget offers quick fix for self-employed but fails to drive reform

    Thousands more to receive grants but chancellor steers clear of long-term tax changes

  • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
    UK Budget
    Budget to give £20bn extension to UK Covid support until September

    Sunak will promise to use full ‘fiscal firepower’ at Treasury’s disposal

  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Johnson predicts ‘jobs-led recovery’ that would defy pessimists

    UK ministers increasingly confident that unemployment catastrophe can be averted

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    London fights for its future
    BoE governor warns EU over derivatives clearing power grab

    Andrew Bailey says tensions will escalate if banks are forced to cut ties with City

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    UK employment
    UK unemployment hits 5.1% as hiring slows down

    The furlough scheme has helped to limit redundancies during the Covid-19 pandemic

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    News in-depthGig economy
    ‘Momentous’ Uber ruling prompts call for clarity on UK workers’ rights

    Lawyers say Friday’s victory for drivers in the Supreme Court has far-reaching consequences for UK’s labour market

  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
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    Nearly 2m have not worked in UK for past six months, study finds

    Furlough and unemployment risk lasting damage to careers and earnings, Resolution Foundation warns

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    UK business & economy
    Sunak urged to copy Biden and ‘act big’ with £190bn stimulus

    Think-tank report says chancellor needs to be bold to avoid long-term stagnation

  • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
    UK business & economy
    UK companies look to make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory

    Law firms say businesses are considering making jabs a condition of employment

  • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
    UK business & economy
    UK should use Budget to phase out furlough scheme, think-tank advises

    Institute for Fiscal Studies argues economy cannot adjust to new normal till most emergency support is removed

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    News in-depthGlobal migration
    Sharp fall in global migration threatens economic recovery

    Pandemic ended decade-long expansion of population and worker flows around the world

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    UK business & economy
    Sunak hails vaccine success as model for more nimble UK economy

    Chancellor sees active role for the state in future in nurturing innovation

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    Workplace diversity & equality
    Black representation at top of FTSE 100 companies falls to zero

    Just 10 out of 297 leaders in top three roles have ethnic minority backgrounds, report says.

  • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
    UK employment
    UK government position on labour market abuse to fall vacant

    Commitment to workers’ rights questioned as ministers decline to retain Matthew Taylor

  • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
    UK employment
    UK job losses slow as furlough scheme helps limit unemployment rise

    Three-month rate in November climbs to 5% with much of increase in September and October

  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
    UK schools
    Johnson promises clarity on England school reopenings ‘as soon as we can’

    Pressure grows on PM from his own party amid doubts over original return date after February half-term

  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
    UK employment
    Rules for UK’s £2bn Kickstart jobs scheme simplified to clear logjams

    Thousands of applications stuck in pipeline, with only 2,000 young people starting placements to date

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
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    The wide range of villains and victims of social conflict are visited through a geographer’s lens

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    News in-depthUK employment
    UK’s post-Brexit employment shake-up misses labour market flaws

    Business says government is ‘tilting at windmills’ by focusing on EU-derived laws rather than tackling homegrown problems

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    UK employment
    Black and minority ethnic workers hit harder by Covid job losses

    TUC analysis show big disparities in the worst-affected sectors of the UK economy

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Self-isolating support grant given to only one in three

    Other applicants have to rely on statutory sick pay while ordered to stay at home

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    UK workers’ rights at risk in plans to rip up EU labour market rules

    Post-Brexit shake-up of regulations including 48-hour week likely to spark trade union outrage

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    News in-depthParenting and families
    Parents forced to prioritise children over jobs as UK lockdown pressures bite

    In contrast to last spring, employers are now less willing to offer furlough to ease burden of home schooling

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