More one in five British workers lie to others about their job, with the deceit more prevalent in young people, a survey has found.
Unemployment in the UK has fallen below two million for the first time in almost six years, latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show. It’s certainly good news, but there are some important caveats to the headline figures, which mask the remaining room for improvement in the labour market.
The economic crisis of 2008 had a major impact on the economies of European countries. Now many countries remain on the verge of collapse with high unemployment and poverty. Young people, often highly educated, are among the victims of this situation.
An employee of the Management Border Force at Stansted has produced one of the more interesting ways to offer his resignation “letter” by writing it as icing on a cake for his bosses and colleagues to enjoy. That he is resigning to expand his cake-making business as Mr Cake probably means its delicious as well probably doesn’t hurt either.
If Job Centres cannot find more work for the unemployed and underemployed and George Osborne is proposing to freeze or reduce the minimum wage, then how can people earn more to get off benefits?