Download the 16th TUC Recession Report
Today we’ve published our 16th and final Recession Report. From next month we will be moving to a shorter monthly Labour Market Report and a bi-monthly Economic Report. The latest labour market figures cover the
period October to December 2009, and show that 2,457,000 people were unemployed by the ILO measure [...]

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We’ve just published a new review of the impacts that the recent downturn has had for women at work, and examining how proposed public sector cuts might have a heavy impact on working women and families.
I’ve written a post about the issue for Progress Online, which you can read over here.

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International Women’s Day has seen the release of a fascinating range of women focused facts. These range from the concerning (twice as many men than women think the sexes are equal when it comes to getting the top jobs with men also twice as likely to appear on TV) to the political (Boris Johnson aims [...]

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Some media coverage of today’s statistics suggests that unemployment is now rising sharply again. While future redundancies remain likely, and the ILO measure (which has fallen for 4 out of the 5 previous months) may well increase into 2010, the reality is that despite seeing record GDP falls, the labour market impacts of the recession [...]

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Last weekend, the Conservatives published a new document on inequality. ‘Labour’s Two Nations‘ lists a wide range of the UK’s social and economic injustices. Among other recent publications, it makes reference to the Marmot Review, highlighting its recent conclusion that:
There are serious inequalities of access to labour market inequalities… many are trapped in a cycle [...]

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This week the Marmot Review, the Department of Health’s Strategic Review of Health Inequalities, was published. Its remit was to “focus on the social determinants of health and in particular, the way they influence health inequalities”. A review that starts with quote from Pablo Neruda seems unlikely to be limited in its scope, and the [...]

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Read the 15th TUC Recession Report
Today we have published our 15th Recession Report.  This will be our penultimate edition – in recognition of the recovery we will be moving to monthly Labour Market Reports and bi-monthly Economic Reports from March.
While a recovery in the labour market is a long way off, there are some positive [...]

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Last week we highlighted that The Telegraph had included the earnings of employees in nationalised banks in its analysis of public sector pay. Although readers of the Guardian’s money pages may be a more sympathetic audience, it’s still unfortunate that the same mistake has been repeated. In his article on ‘public v private sector‘, David [...]

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I don’t know how you measure a social recession, but I thought that looking at trends like crime levels, homelessness, exclusions from school, life expectancy and suicide might help. Good news – things could be better but society’s definitely not shrinking.

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Today the Government and the opposition have each launched new policy documents on supporting families. While both recognise the importance of flexible working as a means to allow parents to balance work and care, they also share a lack of wider discussion about the ways in which working lives impact on families.

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