Why spend these billions when unemployment is dwindling?
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New UK Chancellor Gordon Brown plans to spend 3 billion pounds sterling on reducing unemployment among those aged under 25. Some observers believe that this is a misguided policy, given that the number of people claiming unemployment benefit is continuing to fall steadily. Those aged under 25 now account for only a quarter of the unemployment total. Furthermore, recent research indicates that the UK will see a return to full unemployment in the medium-term. The government does not seem to be able to accept that unemployment may no longer be a problem.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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The myth of the upwardly mobile
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The political debate which has been taking place over recent years about the UK government's labour market policies has been characterised by a lack of concrete facts. It is clear, for example, that the creation of a flexible labour market has led to greater income inequality, but this may not be significant if it corresponds with growing opportunity. Recent research indicates that wage mobility has declined over time, that the decline in entry-level wages has boosted the number of two-job couples and that wage mobility is higher for young people.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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Welfare-to-work ignores women stuck at the bottom of the heap
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Women and those who have few educational qualifications are most likely to be unable to move beyond low-paid employment in the UK, according to the OECD. These people have a high probability of being low paid in any single year, and will find it particularly difficult to move up to higher paid employment if they are in low-paid employment for a long time. The UK government is addressing unemployment as a whole through its welfare-to-work schemes, but has not considered measures which specifically address women.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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