UK unemployment and employment statistics

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  One in five working for low pay – thinktank

  4 Sep 2014: Gap between good and poor quality jobs has widened and the lowest-paid are in the north-east says Centre for Cities

• Long-term unemployment almost double pre-financial crisis level – OECD

  3 Sep 2014:

  Respected forum says there are 45m unemployed across major economies and warns that cyclical rise has become structural

• Vince Cable asks for loopholes in zero-hours contracts to be exposed

  25 Aug 2014: Business secretary seeks to crack down on exclusivity clauses by 'rogue employers' in consultation on new bill

• Number of young people classed as 'Neets' falls as labour market improves

  21 Aug 2014: Young people in the UK who were not in education, employment or training falls to 13.3% in the second quarter

• Self-employment in UK at highest level since records began

  20 Aug 2014:

  Critics say fact that 15% of workforce is self-employed is driving lower pay and retirement income and eroding job security and tax revenue

• Bank of England split on interest rates – what the economists say

  20 Aug 2014: Two members of the Bank's nine-strong monetary policy committee voted for a 0.25-point rise in interest rates in August

• Bank of England split on interest rates reopens prospect of a rise in 2014

  20 Aug 2014:

  Analysts claim it is now foolish to rule out a rate rise this year after monetary policy committee splits 7-2 on maintaining 0.5%

• David Cameron rebuked over jobs claim

  18 Aug 2014: PM claimed majority of new jobs created last year were taken by UK nationals, but no official figures for new jobs are collected

• Ben Jennings on the fall in UK wages – cartoon

  Cartoon, 13 Aug 2014:

  Britain's economic recovery is not feeding through to workers' pockets according to official figures showing that wages fell for the first time since the 2009 recession, despite a fall in the jobless rate to its lowest point since 2008

• Shock fall in UK wages is first since 2009

  13 Aug 2014:

  First fall in pay for five years amid rising employment surprises economists but phenomenon may be shortlived or statistical blip, some say

• The unemployment figures expose the philosophy behind our economic recovery

  13 Aug 2014: Alex Andreou: Many people are enjoying neither good wages nor job security – the outcome of the UK government’s neoliberal philosophy

• Bank of England cuts wage growth forecast, and reveals Scottish contingency plans - as it happened

  13 Aug 2014: Mark Carney says the Bank has contingency plans for financial upheaval over Scottish independence, as it admits wage growth will be much weaker than expected this year

• Bank of England inflation report: pay puzzle gives Carney some wriggle room

  13 Aug 2014:

  Governor bridled at suggestions that the MPC doesn't really have a clue about what's going on in the jobs market – but the Bank is still groping in the dark

• Bank of England edges closer to interest rate rise

  13 Aug 2014: Bank cuts estimate of spare capacity making rate rise more likely as MPC slashes its forecasts for pay growth

• In low-wage economy employers paying well make sound investment

  12 Aug 2014: Wednesday's unemployment numbers are expected to show employment rising while wages fall in real terms

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