THE JOBS ECONOMIST
In the Media
a selection
of recent
press & media
RECENT Media
BBC News Channel discussion on employment, unemployment and pay trends
Simon May Drive show, BBC Radio 2, Interview on employment, unemployment and pay figures
Recent Press
2017
The FT, Economists gloomy on UK prospects for 2017
The Guardian, Weak UK productivity spurs warnings of living standards squeeze
The Times, Robots march on 'safe' jobs of middle class
The Guardian, Employment is high, skills are in demand, so why isn't pay rising
The Guardian, Government accused of ignoring workers' plight as UK faces pay squeeze
The FT, UK employment hits record high but productivity falls
The Guardian, UK employment growth driven by foreign nationals, figures show
The Guardian, UK labour market shows signs of slowing
The Guardian, The UK's pay squeeze breaks all sorts or records
The Guardian, Unemployment is at its lowest since 1975, but people feel worse off
The Times, Productivity puzzle gets tougher as output slumps after Brexit vote
Telegraph,Why changes to how we work mean the 'bad old days' of strikes may be gone
The Guardian, UK households 'at breaking point' as real wages continues to fall
The FT, Pay squeeze continues for British workers
The Guardian, Agency staff collectively underpaid £400 million a year, charity claims
The Guardian, Fall in employment rate spells end of UK jobs boom
The Guardian, The UK jobs engine isn't working any more
The Times, Recruiters fear Britain is running out of workers
2016
The FT, Membership of reformed EU seen as vital to economic security
The FT, Economic Rebalancing in UK remains elusive
The Guardian, UK unemployment falls but wage growth weakens
The Independent, One in ten UK workers are not British, statistics show
The Guardian, Number of EU workers in Britain remains above 2m
The Telegraph, UK employment hits another record as wages climb
Daily Mail, Graduates accepting jobs in coffee shops or call centres
The Independent, One in six British workers ‘overeducated for their job’
The Guardian, One in three UK workers are in the wrong job, ONS figures claim
The FT, The secretary has become an endangered species
The Guardian, Flexibility is the new injustice inflicted on the working class
The FT, UK households face freeze in living standards as inflation rises
The Guardian, Britain’s new chancellor hasn’t had the baptism of fire many predicted
The FT, Inflation and what it means for your finances
The Telegraph, Annual leave is at highest since 2007
The Guardian, UK wage growth slows as employment rises
The Guardian, Pre-referendum surge brings big rise in number of EU workers in UK
The Guardian, More than 900,000 UK workers now on zero hours contracts
The Telegraph, UK jobs market shakes off Brexit fears as employment hits fresh high
2015
The FT, UK pay rises at fastest pace for six years
The FT, Osborne bets on higher pay and consumer spending
The Express, Cameron hails jobs miracle
The Guardian, UK productivity growth is weakest since second world war
The FT, UK government outsourcing raises questions over pay
The FT, UK unemployment rate reaches record high
The FT, Labour’s zero hours clampdown highlights lack of data
The FT, Employment rises to fresh high
Daily Mail, Jobs joy
The FT, UK unemployment plummets to six and a half year low
The FT, UK workers pay up by nearly 2% in biggest rise since financial crisie
The Guardian, Living wage campaigners cannot put down their placards
The Guardian, UK wages growth at six year high, Carney talks interest rates
The FT, UK wages rise at fastest rate since financial crisie
The FT, Unemployment at lowest level for seven years
The Guardian, UK unemployment rises as most new jobs go to citizens of other EU states
The Guardian, Number of workers on zero hours contracts up by 19%
The FT, Rises in both wages and unemployment puzzles economists
The Telegraph, Will you benefit from increases in the minimum wage?
The Guardian, British pay growth slows but labour market remains healthy
The Guardian, UK pay growth slows to 2%
2014
September - December
Daily Mail, Britain is a nation of shop assistants
The Herald, Low skilled jobs figures revealed
Daily Star, Cleaning and shop jobs most common
Daily Star, Britain has become a nation of cleaners
The Guardian, UK unemployment falls to lowest level since 2008 financial crisis
The FT, Wage growth finally outstrips inflation
Daily Mail, Record number of people in work
The Guardian, Unemployment: what the economists say
The FT, Average weekly wages rise £1 in a year
The Telegraph, Job market growth to support rise in living standards in 2015
The Times, Axed staff rehired by councils in £5bn spending spree
August
The Sunday Times, The long march to higher pay
The FT, Voting yes is path to full employment, says SNP
The FT, UK wages fall for first time since 2009
The Guardian, Shock fall in UK wages is first since 2009
Daily Mail, Unemployment total falls to 2.08 million
The Mirror, Delusional IDS claims we are all better off but figures disagree
The Telegraph, Wage growth in shock collapse as unemployment continues to fall
July
The FT, Surge in people mixing employment with their own business
The FT, More people self-employed long-term, ONS finds
The FT, UK employment rate back at record high
The Guardian, Unemployment figures, what the economists say
The Times, Employment rises to record high but wages fail to keep pace
The Guardian, Would Carlos Slim's three-day working week actually be workable
June
The FT, Number of home workers in UK rises to 4.2 million
The Express, Record number now work from home
The FT, UK employment rises at record pace
The Guardian, UK unemployment, what the economists say
The Times, Jobs recovery soars but pay doesn't as the economy recovers
The Times, UK unemployment falls to five year low but pay growth slows
The Telegraph, UK unemployment falls to five year low but wage growth slows
Daily Mail, Record rise in people at work
May
The Telegraph, The forgotten army of over 50s women
April
The Times, Sharp rise in sick days taken for mental illness
The Sunday Times, A nation of bosses, not shopkeepers
The Telegraph, Employees on zero-hours contracts hits 1.4 million
The FT, ONS survey reveals scale of zero-hours contracts
The Times, Capital gains as jobs growth powers ahead in England
March
The Telegraph, Unemployment falls to 6.9%
The FT, UK productivity shows 'signs of life'
Daily Mail, Self-employed set to outstrip state staff by 2018
The FT, UK unemployment holds steady at 7.2%
February
The Sunday Times, Pay and productivity are both due a rise
The Telegraph, Six year 'maternity breaks': your'e having a laugh?
The FT, Underemployment and pay in focus ahead of UK jobs data
The FT, UK unemployment rises unexpectedly to 7.2%
The Telegraph, 'Mini-jobs' signal restructuring of the way we work
The Guardian, Jobless total in Britain drops to 2.34 million in latest quarter
The Times, Women at work in record numbers
The Guardian, UK productivity gap with developed nations now widest for 20 years
The Herald, Stress absence increases as number of general sick days fall in past 20 years
The Guardian, Sickness absence tumbles by more than 25% since 1993
Daily Mail, Briton's take 131 million sick days in a year
January
The Sunday Times, Looking for a pay, productivity and investment boost
The FT, Recruiters' net fees rise in the UK as confidence gets back to work
Daily Mail, Record rise in people in work puts Britain on course for rise in interest rates
The Telegraph, UK unemployment drops to 7.1%
The FT, Skills shortage threatens to curb recovery, says watchdog
2013
December
DecemberBritain's economic recovery failing to boost graduate job prospects
The Guardian, Self-employed workers' earnings slump by almost a third
The FT, Autumn Statement 2013: NIC reforms for under=21s criticised
The Guardian, City issues interest rate warning as unemployment drops to 7.4%
The FT, UK workers face 'year of slim pickings'
November
The FT, UK unemployed miss out on jobs recovery
The Guardian, Unemployment fall masks plight of over-50s
The Independent, The underemployment crisis - nearly half of recent graduates work in jobs that don't require a degree
The FT, Half of recent graduates are in non-graduate jobs
The Guardian, Half of recent UK graduates stuck in non-graduate jobs, says the ONS
The Telegraph, Almost half of university leavers take non-graduate jobs
Daily Mail, Half of recent graduates are 'underemployed'
The FT, 'Neets' figures fall to a nine month low amid concern for the future
The FT, London needs higher minimum wage says report
October
The Guardian, UK unemployment data, 0.7% pay rise dwarfed by inflation
September
The Telegraph, Mark Carney keeps an eagle eye on jobless
The FT, Estate agents lead way in UK job growth
The Telegraph, Strong jobs market helped by rising house prices
The FT, Skilled tradesmen in decline amid rise of the managers
The Telegraph, Britain's fastest growing jobs
The FT, Data show yawning productivity gap between UK and G7 peers
The Guardian, Productivity gap between UK and other G7 nations widens to largest in 20 years
The FT, Progress on female employment slows and may be stalling
The Guardian, UK women remain concentrated in lower paid work, figures show
The Telegraph, Productivity rise boosts recovery hopes
August
The FT, Interns keep working at BofA after colleague's death
The FT, After the crash: work, men and women
The Guardian, UK banks defer bonuses and beat top rate tax
July
The FT, Out of work benefit claims fall at fastest pace for three years
June
The FT, Economist's report claims women fared better in downturn
The Telegraph, Women 'fared better than men' since recession
The Huffington Post, Employment through recruitment agencies at a six month high
May
The FT, Data confirm jobs recovery has stalled
The Telegraph, Number of stay at home mothers drop as more women seek work
April
The FT, Thatcher's quest left 'lasting scar' on economy
The Independent, Unemployment up as stay at home mothers head back to work
The Telegraph, Public sector pay growth outstrips private sector
The Express, Full pain of public sector job cuts still to be felt
Evening Standard, Government to speed up public sector job cuts
The Scotsman, Public sector job cuts, full pain still to be felt
The Birmingham Post, Public sector job cuts to quicken
Manchester Evening News, Public sector jobs
Liverpool Echo, Public sector job cuts to quicken
March
The FT, Public sector share of jobs to plunge
The FT, Budget 2013: experts decry flagship business measure
The FT, A pragmatic kind of obsession
The FT, UK productivity shows further decline
The Huffington Post ,UK saw employment rise and jobs boom in 2012, says study
Evening Standard, Recession? What recession? Study shows UK saw jobs ‘boom’ in 2012
The Guardian, Cyprus crisis gives George Osborne the political cover he needs
The Times, Capital gains as jobs growth powers ahead in England
The Times, Slow growth in pay threatens hope of consumer led recovery
The Telegraph, Record employment masks shock rise in youth unemployment
The Telegraph, Budget 2013: Osborne must cut taxes, economists say
Daily Mail, It's a record - 24 million now working in public sector
February
The Times, Not all good news: Growing employment may disguise a less competitive economy
The Times, Immigrants take 75% of all jobs created over last 15 years
The FT, Jobs creation grows but wages suffer
The Telegraph, One in seven workers made redundant since recession
The FT, Brian Groom, Employers less likely to shed workers
BBC News, UK unemployment total falls to 2.5m
The Huffington Post, Redundancy figures show one In seven Brits has lost their job since 2008,
January
The Guardian, Fall in productivity takes shine off UK employment figures
The Guardian, We need employment statistics that confront political spin
The FT, 'Zombies' seen to hold back economy
The Guardian, UK unemployment: what the experts say
The Telegraph, Unprecedented pay squeeze signals 'jobs without growth' economy
BBC News, UK unemployment total falls to 2.49 million
The Express, Britain's Working...as record 30m have a job
The Evening Standard, Self-employed could mask true unemployment, warns TUC
The FT, Embattled British Workers Still Smiling
2012
December
The Guardian, Workers face 'hard year of slog' in 2013
The Times, Insecurity reigns – it’s more of the same in 2013
The Telegraph, Britain's workforce heading for 'hard-slog year'
Morning Star, Con-Dem austerity to make 2013 Year of the Hard Slog
The FT, Slower Jobs Market Forecast for 2013
BBC News, UK employment to reach 30 million, says CIPD
The FT, Unemployment Hits Record Levels
ITV News, After Speeding Like Bolt the Olympic Jobs Boost has Slowed
Daily Star, Biggest Jobless Fall in 10 Years
The FT, UK Recruitment Rates Show Strength
The FT, More People At Work in England and Wales
Sunday Sun, Eight Million Short of Work
Management Today, Is the Future More Jobs for Less Pay?
The Evening Standard, Eight Million Britons Short of Work, Says Leading Economist
The Telegraph, Eight Million Britons Short of Work, Says Philpott
International Business Times, Public Retail Sector Job Cuts Adding to UK Female Unemployment
The Times, Don't Let Your Budget Be Blown Off Track
The Independent, Budget Watchdog Forecasts Further Public Sector Jobs Cuts
November
Channel 4, Underemployment Rises to Affect One in Ten Worker
Daily Mail, Three Million Now Underemployed
The Times, Part-Time Workers Push For Longer Hours
The FT, One in Ten Workers Now Unemployed
The Standard, The Rise and Rise of Underemployment
The FT, Jobs Preservation Key in UK Downturn
The Independent, Working But Not For Long Enough
The Telegraph, Number of Underemployed Workers Jumps: Reaction
The Telegraph, Young Jobless 'Scar' Starts to Heal as More Begin Work
The FT, Public Sector Pay Outpaces Private
The FT, Employment Set to Continue Growing
The FT, Youth Employment Falls
OCTOBER
The Guardian, Employment Rises to Suprise Record High
Channel 4, Employment Rises to Suprise Record High
The Sun, Employment Soars by 212000 to Record High
Personnel Today, Labour Market Data: Mini Jobs Maximum Confusion
Selected Archive Press
The Times, The data says employment is up, but is the data right?
The FT, UK bonuses rise as bankers’ payouts fall
The FT, Suprise Fall in Unemployment
The FT, UK: A Disuniting Kingdom
The FT, 'Madonna Generation' in Vogue at work
The FT, Business Warned Over Lack of Workplace Trust