Moves by the Labour government had made the UK economy less agile just as it became essential to adapt to changes driven by the adoption of artificial intelligence, the Tony Blair Institute said in a ...

On 7 June 2024, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) introduced the new accredited official statistics badge, to denote official statistics that have been independently reviewed by the OSR.

However, it is not all doom and gloom. Wage growth, which Raymond said has been a “scourge for the Bank of England (BoE) in ...

January and late 2025 UK labour market figures tell a tale of slow cooling instead of outright weakness. Rising by 13.4K in January 2026 to 1.691 million, the Claimant Count fell short of the ...

Damian Lyons Lowe, chief executive of Survation, discusses the Green Party's victory in the U.K.'s Gorton and Denton by-election and what it means for Labour and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

In turn, over Labour’s term, there are 170,000 fewer people on payrolls. The losses have been concentrated in lower-paid roles in retail and hospitality — sectors that disproportionately employ ...

The UK unemployment rate rose to a near five-year high in the final three months of 2025, underscoring mounting strains in ...

Britain’s wage growth slowed sharply at the end of last year, reinforcing signs that the labour market is cooling and ...

Housebuilding in England has fallen to its lowest level in 12 years, casting doubt over Labour’s pledge to build 1.5 million new homes by the end of the decade. There were just ...

The United Kingdom's labour market is showing signs of significant strain as the unemployment rate has risen to 5.2 per cent.

On the other hand, India is advancing four unified Labour Codes (2025) designed to cut red tape and unlock scaling of ...