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Sizing the UK ‘Jobs Gap’
Date: 12 March 2013
Author: James Plunkett
The UK is more than 800,000 jobs short of the amount it would need to restore employment rates to those seen before the recession, a study from independent think tank the Resolution Foundation has found.
While the number of people in employment had climbed by 160,000 since 2008 to nearly 30 million, this positive news has masked the fact that the country’s adult population has grown faster over the same period – by 1.7 million.
Gaining from growth: The final report of the Commission on Living Standards
30 October 2012
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Gaining from growth: The final report of the Commission on Living Standards
Date: 31 October 2012
Author: James Plunkett
Millions of households are heading for a long period of stagnant living standards unless bold steps are taken to ensure that growth over the next decade is broadly shared. Even with a return to steady growth, it’s now entirely possible living standards for a large swath of low and middle households will be no higher by 2020 than they were in 2000. Yet actions can be taken to alter this course.
The findings are contained in the final report of the Commission on Living Standards, a broad group of leading employers, trade unionists, economists and heads of parents’ groups brought together by the Resolution Foundation. The report sets out for the first time the full explanation for the challenge now facing low to middle income households, the risk that the benefits of a period of growth could bypass millions of working households, and key recommendations on how to avoid this.
The Missing Million: The potential for female employment to raise living standards in low to middle income Britain
Date: 10 December 2011
Author: James Plunkett
Raising female employment to the levels of better-performing countries presents a rare opportunity to boost living standards in the years ahead
Growth without gain?: The faltering living standards of people on low-to-middle incomes
Date: 27 May 2011
Author: James Plunkett
The living standards of people on low to middle incomes were already faltering prior to the recession, and it is no longer safe to assume they will rise when economic growth returns.
The report questions whether a return to growth will bring real benefits to ordinary workers, predicting that average pay is set to be no higher in 2015 than in 2001. The combined force of stagnating wages, higher levels of personal debt, and a declining share of ‘middle skilled’ jobs are set to continue to bear down on living standards, alongside more immediate pressures like cuts to tax credits.
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