Manufacturing suffers despite jobless fall
News Article 18 May 2005
Manufacturing jobs have taken another hit, despite an overall drop in the number of unemployed.
It's Brown or Letwin, says Blair
News Article 7 April 2005
Labour is continuing its focus on the economy, with new campaign posters setting out the "choice" facing voters.
North-South jobs gap persists
News Article 1 April 2005
Unemployment figures in parts of the north are up to 10 times higher than in southern areas, according to a new report.
New Deal row as jobless figures fall
News Article 19 January 2005
Ministers have welcomed the latest employment figures as a success for the government's New Deal, but a new report has suggested the growth in the number of jobs is slowing.
Homeless Link
Government Affairs Website
Work minister targets 2.7m 'economically inactive'
News Article 3 December 2004
The minister in charge of achieving full employment has said that a pilot scheme to get people off incapacity benefit and into jobs is working.
Jane Kennedy MP - Department for Work and Pensions minister
Interview 3 December 2004
The work minister tells ePolitix.com how she intends to help the millions of people classed as "economically inactive" get back into work.
CBI issues skills warning
News Article 8 November 2004
The CBI has warned that there will be no jobs for unskilled workers in Britain within 10 years.
Investors in People UK
Government Affairs Website
Home Office under fire over visa delays
Press Review 6 October 2004
The FT reports that businesses are facing waits as long as three months for the Home Office to process visa applications for foreign workers.
Lib Dems to scrap New Deal
News Article 21 September 2004
Labour's flagship New Deal programme for helping the unemployed should now be scrapped, the Liberal Democrats have said.
Full employment
Policy Consultation 28 July 2004
Comment from the Institute of Directors and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Full employment 'consigned to history'
Press Review 28 July 2004
The minister for work has admitted that Britain "probably never will return" to the high levels of male employment of the past.
Government to encourage mentally ill into work
Press Review 14 June 2004
The government's Social Exclusion Unit is mounting a drive to get more mentally ill and depressed people into work.
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