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  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    UK Inequality
    UK inequality worsens as wages rise fastest for high earners

    Soaring inflation is also hitting people on the lowest incomes harder than others

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK rail workers vote in favour of nationwide strike

    RMT union action over jobs and pay backed by 89% of members who voted

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    ExplainerEnergy crisis
    What are Rishi Sunak’s options for tackling the UK energy price crisis?

    Chancellor puts finishing touches to mini-Budget worth billions to help struggling households

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    Andrew Bailey
    Bailey rejects criticism of Bank of England’s handling of inflation

    Central bank governor insists he is treading a ‘narrow path’ to contain prices without triggering a recession

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    UK employment
    More British high earners plan to work mostly at home, official data show

    ONS survey reveals sharp rise in proportion of hybrid staff planning to be based mostly away from office

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Bank of England
    Note to central banks: keep it simple, stupid

    Bank of England investigates the value of straight talk

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    Minimum-Living wage
    Rise in UK minimum wage helped narrow inequality but failed to lift productivity

    Low Pay Commission finds uplift did not boost poorest workers’ incomes because of freezes and tapering of benefits as earnings rose

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    UK employment
    UK unemployment falls to lowest level in nearly 50 years

    Job openings outnumber those out of work for the first time on record

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    News in-depthUK inflation
    Bank of England’s task of taming inflation just got harder

    Booming jobs market fuels price rises as central bank governor comes under fire

  • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
    UK employment
    UK bosses switch focus to training existing staff to fill workforce gaps

    CIPD survey contrasts with BoE view that wages are likely to increase as cost of living pressures mount

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
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    Critic of UK’s Brexit policy appointed to BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee

    Swati Dhingra, associate economics professor at London School of Economics, to replace Michael Saunders in August

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    UK employment
    UK employers turn to bonuses to avoid inflationary pay deals

    Level of discretionary awards hits 9-year high amid labour shortages and rising living costs

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    UK plans law to tackle protests at ‘key national infrastructure’

    Measure in a new public order bill will allow prison sentences of up to 12 months for disruption at sites such as airports

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    UK interest rates
    UK rate rise expectations pared back after Bank of England warning

    Gloomy economic forecast by central bank produces ‘a tipping point’ in investor sentiment

  • Sunday, 1 May, 2022
    News in-depthTransport
    Trucking shortage shifts from drivers to vehicles

    Workers are back on the road but the industry is suffering from a lack of trailers and trucks

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    A guide for Ukrainian refugees and their UK hosts

    How to navigate finances, benefits, employment rules and avoid sticky situations

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    News in-depthUK employment
    UK public sector wages lag behind private sector as cost of living crisis bites

    Below-inflation pay awards spark fears of staff exodus from key public services

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    UK social care
    Easing UK immigration rules will not solve care crisis, says advisory group

    Government urged to fund rise in pay to at least £10.50 an hour to compete with warehouse jobs

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    Britain threatened with summer of rail chaos as RMT calls strike ballot

    Backdrop of growing industrial unrest, as inflation erodes pay while many employers struggle to fill vacancies

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
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    GSK workers vote to strike over below inflation pay rise

    Several hundred staff set stage for first walkout in drugmaker’s history

  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
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    Ride-hailing app’s UK pension provider to redraw workforce scheme just months after its launch

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    Watch out Masters of Mayfair, the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street is coming for you

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    A year after Greensill Capital’s collapse

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  • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
    Trade unions
    Frances O’Grady to retire as general secretary of UK’s Trades Union Congress

    First woman to lead the movement reversed long-term decline in membership during her decade-long tenure

  • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
    UK employment
    UK unemployment drops to pre-pandemic levels

    But squeeze on living standards deepens while workforce remains smaller than pre-Covid as people choose not to return

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