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Scotland 'worst nation' in UK for number of workers relying on zero hours contracts

STUC boss Roz Foyer said the figures were more proof that employment law should be devolved to Holyrood.

Daily Record

People in the UK in their 50s and 60s: if you’re working less now, what are you doing instead?

We’re keen to hear what Britons in their 50s and 60s have been doing with their time since they’ve begun working fewer hours, or stopped working completely

The Guardian - UK

UK interest rate rises are taking the labour market off the boil

Number of vacancies falls and more people rejoin workforce – but work is needed on skills and ill health

The Guardian - UK

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UK payroll numbers fall as unemployment rate rises to 3.9%

Evidence of cooling in demand for labour amid 136,000 drop in employees between March and April

The Guardian - UK

CMA denies blocking Microsoft-Activision deal is bad for UK’s reputation; unemployment rises – as it happened

Turning a blind eye to anti-competitive deals wouldn’t improve UK’s reputation as good place to do business, suggests Competition and Markets Authority

The Guardian - UK

North East unemployment rate edges closer to national average

Regional rate of unemployment is the second lowest in its history, while national levels rose slightly

Chronicle Live

Drop in real term pay erodes spending power of millions of Britons

Sky-high inflation eroded the spending power of millions of families across Britain as the cost-of-living crisis hit hard at the start of the year, official figures revealed on Tuesday.

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FTSE 100 Live: Shares fall in afternoon to close at 7745; ‘economic backdrop starting to weigh on job market’

The lacklustre run for the FTSE 100 index is continuing amid uncertainty over whether the United States will avoid a debt default.

Evening Standard

Gender pay gap data of large Australian businesses to be published

An embarrassing day is coming for Australian businesses that have a large gender pay gap, with the data from individual organisations to be made public.

ABC News

Tory MP brings up antisemitic conspiracy theory in chilling speech

A TORY MP referred to an antisemitic conspiracy theory in a chilling speech at a conservative conference in Westminster on Monday.

The National (Scotland)

Tens of thousands more Brits are dying - experts not sure why

In December 2022 the number of excess deaths was 5,900, which is 13.5 per cent above the five-year average

Wales Online

OPINION - UK economy stuck in first gear as GDP plunges in March

Conversations about the weather are rarely actually about the weather. As the social anthropologist Kate Fox writes in her brilliant and often snort-inducing book, Watching the English, weather chat is in fact “a form of code, evolved to help us overcome our natural reserve and actually talk to each other.”…

Evening Standard

More Londoners worried about climate change than any other English region, ONS figures

Women are also more concerned than men about global warming

Evening Standard

Food prices set to come back down soon, supermarket chiefs promise

Retail bosses under pressure as food inflation proves more ‘sticky’ than expected

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UK economy grows slightly in first quarter but slumps unexpectedly in March

THE UK economy marginally grew over the first quarter of the year, according to official data, despite an unexpected slump in March.

The Guardian - UK

UK’s growth last of G7 after economy shrinks by 0.3% in March

But there was 0.1% growth in first quarter overall thanks to a stronger January, ONS says

Evening Standard

UK economy stuck in first gear as GDP plunges in March

Bad weather and strikes blamed for forcing down high street sales

Daily Mirror

'Brits are dying in their tens of thousands - and we don't really have any idea why'

Tens of thousands more Brits died than usual from May to December 2022, excluding Covid as a cause of death, raising serious questions as to why so many died

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Wales Online

Marriages in England and Wales fell to lowest number since records began

The 2020 figure was down 61.0% from 2019

The Independent UK

Pandemic saw marriage rates in England and Wales fall to lowest on record

The 2020 figure was down 61.0% from 219,850 in 2019, which is the largest annual decrease ever recorded.

Daily Mirror

Housing woes deepen as data shows more adults can't afford to leave parents' home

Office for National Statistics figures just out show 4.9 million were still living at home in 2021, up from 4.2 million in 2011, meaning number has risen 14.7%

The Guardian - UK

Number of adults living with parents in England and Wales rises by 700,000 in a decade

A large majority of those returning to the roost – or who never left it – are men, census data reveals

The Week

How to save on your weekly shop

Food and drink prices continue to climb in the UK, even while wholesale food prices fall. The disparity has prompted calls from the Liberal Democrats for an investigation into “supermarket profiteering”, said The Times.

The Independent UK

Almost five million adults living at home with parents, latest figures show

The ONS said the figures for England and Wales suggested a continuing trend rather than being as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Evening Standard

10 simple ways to help combat loneliness

Loneliness is on the rise, with devastating consequences for our mental and physical health according to new research. Here, are the best expert-approved ways to get connected

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