Labour market· Migration The nature of the post-Brexit migration change is different to what many expected 25 May 2023 by Charlie McCurdy The latest migration statistics, covering the year ending December 2022, confirm that the post-Brexit era has brought significant changes in migration patterns. The predictable headline was that overall net migration… READ MORE
Economy 2030· Labour market Changing jobs? How economic change affects the world of work Thursday 6 January 2022 …the decade ahead it will change again thanks to Brexit, Covid-19 and the net zero transition. But the relationship between how the labour market as a whole changes and what… READ MORE
Labour market Understanding the labour market: pandemic not pandemonium The labour market is normalising, not overheating 28 June 2021 by Torsten Bell and Kathleen Henehan and Krishan Shah and Hannah Slaughter and Greg Thwaites …to some, we have “eye popping growth” to look forward to as “Brexit Britain Booms”. For the labour market, this turn to optimism has seen a swift shift away from… READ MORE
Labour market enforcement· Covid-19· Labour market· Brexit & trade· Migration Home and away The UK labour market in a post-Brexit world 16 December 2020 by Kathleen Henehan and Lindsay Judge This briefing note considers a number of ways in which the labour market could be affected as the UK moves to a tighter, post-Brexit immigration regime in January 2021. Under… READ MORE
Labour market· Brexit & trade· Migration A new era What do Brexit and Covid mean for migration and the UK labour market? Thursday 17 December 2020 …been transformed by Brexit – and now Covid. How has Brexit already affected migration patterns in the UK? How has Covid changed the picture? What will the government’s new migration… READ MORE
Covid-19· Labour market· Low pay· Skills· Pay· Migration Crystal balls vs rear-view mirrors The UK labour market after coronavirus 7 April 2020 by Hannah Slaughter and Torsten Bell …crisis, Brexit, and now coronavirus. Some trends will go into reverse – like the growth in self-employment While the argument of this paper is that post-crisis trends may well… READ MORE
Labour market· Pay What’s in store for jobs and pay in 2020 Top of the Charts 27 December 2019 …recessions since World War Two. Brexit and the lack of any growth in business investment over the past three years is a key factor, but crucially global growth has also… READ MORE
Incomes· Low pay· Labour market· Pay Feel poor, work more – the real reason behind Britain’s record employment 13 November 2019 by Torsten Bell …the crash – or because post-crisis and pre-Brexit uncertainty means they’d rather take on workers that can quickly be shed, than machines that they’d be stuck with. But an increase… READ MORE
Labour market· Pay The labour market is delivering on jobs and pay – it is vital for living standards that we keep it that way 10 September 2019 by Nye Cominetti …can turn sour quickly. Then it was the Brexit vote, with the ensuing fall in the value of the pound and the jump in inflation choking off real pay growth…. READ MORE
Labour market· Pay Real wage growth has finally returned to pre-referendum levels 16 April 2019 by Charlie McCurdy …little sign that any Brexit-related uncertainty has taken its toll on firms’ hiring. The employment rate (76.1 per cent) and unemployment rate (3.9 per cent) hold steady at record highs…. READ MORE
Low pay· Labour market· Pay Minimum Wage 20th anniversary special Top of the Charts 29 March 2019 by Torsten Bell and Charlie McCurdy …party started. The key is choosing something non-Brexit related to celebrate. So we’ve talked everyone around, got all the main political parties on board, and have some fun party games… READ MORE
Labour market· Cities and regions (Almost) every part of the country is celebrating Britain’s latest jobs surge 19 March 2019 by Charlie McCurdy …is set against a complete stagnation in business investment. As Brexit uncertainty heightens, it may be that firms are labour hoarding – investing in staff rather than new equipment. While… READ MORE
Labour market· Skills Taking stock of skills and education in Brexit Britain 19 March 2019 by Kathleen Henehan The skills and qualifications held by the British workforce have come under increased scrutiny lately, tied as they are to the Brexit-related migration debate. Some have argued that ‘turning off… READ MORE
Labour market· Skills Pick up the pace: the slowdown in educational attainment growth and its widespread effects 18 March 2019 by Kathleen Henehan This paper uses the Brexit moment to take stock of where Britain has got to on educational attainment, and where we might be heading. It highlights that while improvements to… READ MORE
Labour market Looming crisis or new opportunity? Skilling the nation in Brexit Britain Monday 18 March 2019 …skill shortages today? And does Brexit represent a historic opportunity to fix Britain’s longstanding skills failures, or a looming crisis that could hurt firms and limit growth? At an event… READ MORE
Labour Market Outlook· Labour market· Pay Will 2019 see a ‘new dawn’ for pay? 3 February 2019 by Nye Cominetti …The second patch of darkness is Brexit. The OBR and Bank forecasts discussed here assume a smooth Brexit, and no changes in trading arrangements until 2021. With no withdrawal agreement… READ MORE
Labour market· Pay Tight labour market breaks new ground on jobs 22 January 2019 by Stephen Clarke …market continues to be relatively immune from the Brexit-related uncertainty that is affecting other parts of the economy. But that’s a big if – and one that we’ll be continuing… READ MORE
Labour market 2018’s lesson for its successor – look beneath the headlines Top of the Charts 28 December 2018 …important lessons for 2019. While Brexit will inevitably dominate the headlines, policy makers should also make learning those labour market lessons one of their New Year’s resolutions. [1] Comparing the… READ MORE
Labour market· Pay· Inequality & poverty The £3.2bn pay penalty facing black and ethnic minority workers 27 December 2018 by Kathleen Henehan It’s that time of the year when everyone does their reviews of 2018. The political review of the year will inevitably be dominated by the thrills and spills of Brexit…. READ MORE
Labour market Enforce the rules to help workers in Britain’s changing workforce 17 December 2018 by Lindsay Judge …in the UK has many of the right ingredients. But some key questions remain. Will the government have enough parliamentary time before Brexit takes over to make the various legislative… READ MORE
Labour market Good tidings from the UK labour market 11 December 2018 by Nye Cominetti …figures seen this year, but of course that will depend on what happens with Brexit – more on which below. But the big picture isn’t so rosy Welcome as the… READ MORE
Labour market· Skills Apprenticeships have a starring role in the government’s technical education reforms. But are they delivering? 8 December 2018 by Kathleen Henehan Rarely a headline-grabber in the broadsheets (or indeed, the tabloids), yesterday’s speech on technical education by the Education Secretary offered a welcome respite from the mind-numbing livestream of Brexit-related updates…. READ MORE
Labour market· Migration Migratory patterns in Britain’s labour market 13 November 2018 by Stephen Clarke …well ahead of us actually having a post-Brexit migration policy in place. Firms that rely on migrant workers will need to rethink who they employ, how they operate and even… READ MORE
Labour market Angry tweets, hungry millennials and useless entrepreneurs Top of the Charts 19 October 2018 …saying not only that he wouldn’t join her government, he wouldn’t even vote for it, another saying Conservatives are “close to despair” over Brexit negotiations, others (rightly) calling for swift… READ MORE
Labour market· Migration MAC to the future 18 September 2018 by Stephen Clarke …firms for our recent Work in Brexit Britain book, the majority of businesses who employ significant numbers of migrants are not ready. Three quarters said that a reduction in migrant… READ MORE
