Our Analysis Manager, Andrea Barry, responds to February’s labour market statistics released this week. This week’s ONS statistics reveal a widening gap between young people in and out of education. We’re seeing a promising decline in economic inactivity for...
‘Today’s ONS labour market stats once again show the stark impact of the pandemic on the jobs market for young people – they continue to be the hardest hit, with under-25s accounting for three-fifths of the fall in employment. ‘A fifth of 16 to 17 years olds are now...
The latest employment statistics released by the Office for National Statistics today (13 October 2020) show the unemployment in the UK grew to 4.5% in the three months to August. Of the 500,000 fall in the number of people employed, 60% are aged 16-24 years. This...
We know the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted heavily on the UK economy – particularly sectors such as hospitality, retail and the creative industries. Some businesses may have started to open tentatively, but theatres and music venues, for example, have no...
