Covid-19· Labour market Post-furlough blues What happened to furloughed workers after the end of the Job Retention Scheme? 14 November 2021 by Mike Brewer and Charlie McCurdy …on furlough since June 2021 were furloughed in one job and working in another.2 But the more important reason is that post-furlough outcomes vary considerably between partially and fully furloughed… READ MORE
The Government’s record on Covid-19 has been defined by two big successes and one recurring deadly failure With the worst of the crisis behind us, it is right to assess how the Government has handled the pandemic 19 March 2021 by Mike Brewer …workers and their families through business grants, the furlough scheme and boosting Universal Credit and Housing Benefit. This income support – equivalent to £6,700 for every household in Britain –… READ MORE
Living standards· Labour market The Chancellor has prevented a grim winter of redundancies – but has failed to fix the faults with his jobs support package 6 November 2020 by Mike Brewer …up to Christmas. Based on the Bank of England’s latest estimate that 5.5 million employees could be furloughed during November, the Chancellor’s extension of the furlough scheme is likely to… READ MORE
Covid-19 Jobs, jobs, jobs Evaluating the effects of the current economic crisis on the UK labour market 27 October 2020 by Mike Brewer and Nye Cominetti and Kathleen Henehan and Charlie McCurdy and Rukmen Sehmi and Hannah Slaughter …most affected, limit the rise in unemployment, and enable people to play their part in suppressing the virus. This should include extending eligibility for the full furlough version of the… READ MORE
Covid-19· Economy and public finances The Winter (Economy Plan) is coming Chancellor ramps economic support back up, but avoidable design flaws will limit its success in stemming the Autumn rise in unemployment 25 September 2020 by Torsten Bell and Mike Brewer and Adam Corlett and Karl Handscomb and Lindsay Judge and James Smith and Daniel Tomlinson …existing partial furlough policy. Where firms choose to use it, this will provide very significant income protection for workers that employers bring back for more than a third, but less… READ MORE
Covid-19· Welfare No work, no pay Supporting unemployed people through coronavirus 1 April 2020 by Mike Brewer and Karl Handscomb …mean a better recovery in the future. These include government-backed loans or grants for certain businesses, a job retention scheme for firms who want to furlough their workers for the… READ MORE
