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More than a million people in the UK now have second jobs as rising costs, insecure work, and industry changes push workers into a growing gig economy.

As dawn breaks, hundreds of men gather at a dusty square in Chaghcharan, the capital of Ghor province in Afghanistan.

The conflict in Iran is expected to drive 200,000 more households into poverty, top economists have cautioned.

Two reports from top accounting firms suggest the economy is on the brink as gas and oil prices surge following Tehran’s blockade on the Strait of Hormuz.

The economic fallout from the Iran war will hit the UK the hardest out of all the world’s advanced economies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.

The UK is losing more jobs than it is creating because of artificial intelligence and is being hit harder than rival large economies, new research suggests.

Employers have reduced annual pay raises and scaled back hiring in recent months as the economic slowdown has impacted the job market.

The UK’s jobless rate ticked up to 4.6% in April while payrolled employment has fallen sharply since, according to official figures covering the period when budget tax hikes on businesses came into effect.

The growth of UK wages has accelerated for three consecutive months, it emerged on Tuesday, as official figures revealed that unemployment remained steady at 4.4 percent.

UK wage growth remained strong even as the UK unemployment rate rose to its highest for almost a year.

The Office for National Statistics said average regular pay growth, excluding bonuses, fell to 6.1% in the quarter to January, down from 6.2% in the three months to December

Lancashire's Ribble Valley was named the happiest local authority in the UK in a new survey based on the availability of green spaces, weekly earnings, crime and unemployment rates

People can find out here the happiest places to live in the UK in a list of the top 10 where locals enjoy the highest levels of well being and least stress, according to a new study

Paul Routledge on the alarming rise in mental health issues among 18 to 24 year olds, and how it's no surprise when one in five are forced to take jobs in unstable environments

Being made redundant is highly stressful, but when your job is then advertised just after you leave for a lot less money it crosses a line, as one social-media user has recounted

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation said there are now around 1.8 million vacancies in total advertised

The jobs market is showing resilience with the unemployment rate slipping down to 3.8%

Elizabeth Thornton from Kissimmee, Florida won $2,900 (£2,296) but was denied her lottery winnings as she was overpaid in unemployment benefits during the pandemic

The health and beauty firms said last year they planned to recruit 500 new apprentices over three years, but more than 80% of the target was reached by 2023.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said changes to the way that it gathers information on the UK labour force has seen it revise the unemployment rate down to 3.9% for the quarter, from the 4.2% previous estimate

Group 1 Automotive, which owns more than 70 car dealerships in the UK, said it plans to reduce its UK headcount by around 10% in the first quarter of this year, impacting around 300 people

Gary Maloney has been awarded compensation for loss of earnings as he was unemployed for around five months following his missal from Bill Griffin Motors in Dublin