Category: Youth unemployment and youth jobs

Labour and youth unemployment

Liam Byrne MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary was quick to respond  to recent Youth Contract statistics which show just 4,690 wage incentive payments have been made since the scheme began. (www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2373637/Nick-Cleggs-plan-jobs-160-000-young-people-far-helped-just-4-600.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490)  (www.politicshome.com/uk/article/82422/labour_youth_contract_has_utterly_failed_byrne.html) Survey’s also continue to indicate that many employers don’t know much about it , or are not interested in taking on young … Continue reading Labour and youth unemployment →

Employment increases -but not for the young

Published on the morning of Osborne’s budget, labour market data for November to January shows a further increase in the number of those employed, up 600 000 to 29.73 million including a 200 000 increase in full-time employment over the last quarter –with ministers crowing about how the growth of private sector employment has offset … Continue reading Employment increases -but not for the young →

More working: but for less

The latest ONS labour market statistics for Q4 of 2012 show little change. Unemployment has fallen marginally – a drop of 14000 using the Labour Force Survey method and down 12,500 from December 2012 - using the claimant count. The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 71.5%. There were 29.73 million … Continue reading More working: but for less →

A brief comment on December’s unemployment figures

Though the Tories and sections of the media have celebrated the ‘record fall’ in unemployment, the figures tell a different story, particularly for young people. The ONS data shows a 75 000 fall in joblessness for 16-24 year olds; but only 13 000 more in work. This is because of a fall in the overall … Continue reading A brief comment on December’s unemployment figures →

Making sense of unemployment statistics

As the Olympics fade, a fall in unemployment is good news for government ministers desperate to hang onto any feel good factor – yet it’s difficult to reconcile, or believe the validity of such a claim, when economic reality appears so different. In particular, these figures cover a three month period between April and June … Continue reading Making sense of unemployment statistics →

Soundings Issue 51

                                 Martin Allen and Patrick Ainley                                  Why young people can't get the jobs they want                                   http://www.lwbooks.co.uk/journals/soundings/current.html                                              Download  original version of   soundings article                                              Download e-book -why young people....

Young and old both suffer in a changing labour market

http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/federation-news-spring-2012-meeting-challenges-age          Martin Allen and Patrick Ainley      Federation News  Spring 2012 UK youth unemployment continues to be alarmingly high and one of the biggest issues facing government. Based on the April Office for National Statistics – figures which cover the period December 2011 to Feb 2012 – youth joblessness is well over a million, equals 22.2% … Continue reading Young and old both suffer in a changing labour market →