All news on the topic: Unemployment

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Travis Perkins axes jobs as it warns of more cuts to come
The group, which also owns the Toolstation chain, said the job cuts were made in the final three months of 2023, largely across its Northampton headquarters and central support teams, but also with some staff impacted in its branches
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UK wage growth slows to lowest rate for 10 months as jobs market cools
It is the lowest rate since the three months to January last year and one of the steepest falls in earnings growth since during the pandemic
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UK hiring slumps to lowest level in a decade as job vacancies shrink
Accounting and business advisory firm BDO said it has recorded UK employment at its weakest since August 2013 in its latest employment index report
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Britain has one of 'meanest' welfare systems in Europe, economist warns
The Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson said the country's welfare system is 'possibly the meanest in Europe in terms of how it treats the unemployed'
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Unemployed man upset girlfriend won't support him financially until he proposes
A man who recently lost his job was left dumbfounded when his partner of three years said she wouldn't cover his expenses because he hasn't shown her enough commitment, including not proposing to her
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Terrorists could build chemical weapons with AI within two years, ministers warn
RIshi Sunak pledged to give the public 'peace of mind' as official papers raised the prospect of Artificial Intelligence helping terrorists and causing an 'unemployment crisis'
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Wages rise at near record pace as inflation finally falls back
Wages are now rising faster than prices for the first time since October 2021, according to official figures
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Disabled man's plea for someone to give him chance after 20 year search for job
Disabled job-seeker Shahzad Bokhari, 48, has pleaded with prospective employers 'just give me a chance' after 20 years of searching for paid work
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'50 years since our local mines shut - most people don't even know they existed'
Three former coal workers from a county more famous for cider, cricket and ­Glastonbury are determined that the brave miners of the West Country pits should never be forgotten
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Tata Steel bosses set for Port Talbot showdown with unions over 3,000 job cuts
The Mirror understands executives have flown in from India for crunch talks with unions at the plant, where thousands of workers are expected to lose their jobs
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Thousands of Port Talbot steel job losses expected in huge announcement
The Mirror understands two Cabinet ministers will visit the plant in South Wales on Friday morning to announce a £500million investment - but jobs will be lost
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UK sees biggest drop in employed people outside recession ever recorded
Experts warn high interest rates are having a chilling effect on the jobs market after figures from the Office for National Statistics showed the unemployment rate has risen to 4.3%
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Inflation cooled to 4% in May — the lowest reading in two years
Nearly one year after inflation reached a 40-year high, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that price growth fell to 4 per cent, the lowest in two years
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Water in disused coal mines could heat our homes cheaply and cleanly, say MPs
A cross-party group of MPs has issued a series of recommendations about how the Government could 'level-up' former coalfields communities
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Bear Grylls says kids should join Scouts to help them get a job in the future
Bear Grylls explains how learning in nature will help students get a job especially with the advent of Artificial Intelligence.
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Tucker Carlson makes dig at Fox News with an unemployed joke in first appearance
Tucker Carlson attended an event in Alabama this week, with the former Fox News reporter cracking a joke about being unemployed after he was fired from the channel
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Woman earns $28k in two years from neighbour's dumped trash left on roadside
Emily Marlett, from Louisville, Kentucky, has turned her hobby of upcycling unwanted furniture into a successful business using her woodworking skills in a 'rewarding' process
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Four in 10 Brits fear they would get into debt if they lost their job today
A third of employed adults are living payslip to payslip - and think they would struggle to afford food and utilities if they found themselves unemployed
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Over a third of Gen Z have struggled with mental health - but don't seek support
Mental health, debt struggles, and unemployment are common issues faced by 15-25-year-olds - leaving them worried, anxious, and vulnerable
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Labour challenges Tories to adopt jobs plan to help Brits to return to work
Labour's Jonathan Ashworth says he wants a Labour government to deliver the plan - but has challenged Jeremy Hunt to prove he's "serious about the future of the country"
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Former child star admits she is 'unemployed' after nearly 20 years off Disney
Singer and Lizzie McGuire star Hilary Duff admits she is 'unemployed' after over four years off the Hollywood big screen and no albums since 2015
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Putin to force unemployed Russian men into fighting in brutal Ukraine war
The Russian plan is the latest to boost troop numbers for President Vladimir Putin’s ailing war which has thus far killed 132,160 of Moscow’s soldiers in Ukraine
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