Public Loss, Private Gain?
The report looks at the labour market impact and implications of the cuts already planned and implemented in the public service workforce. However, despite the unprecedented scale, pace, and focus of the cuts, a lack of overall workforce planning means the longer term implications for the labour market, women’s employment, regional balance, and the skills of the public sector workforce are almost impossible to predict. In that sense the government is flying blind.

Ian Brinkley
19 October 2012

Low Carbon Jobs for Cities
This report sets out what can be done at the city and local level to encourage jobs growth in the low carbon economy.

Nye Cominetti
19 July 2012

Can growth really have stopped affecting inflation?
Mervyn King said this morning that he does not expect GDP growth to have much effect on inflation for the foreseeable future. That may sound mundane, but the ramifications are immense, for several reasons. For a start, as Chris Giles was quick to point out, it suggests that the Bank is unlikely to do any more QE. Taking it a step further, Duncan Weldon suggests that King has “thrown in the towel” on supporting the economy. If King is right, the government’s “monetary radicalism” approach is shot, and the fate of the UK economy now largely depends on the volatile tides of the global economy.

Andrew Sissons
14 November 2012

Is it time to give up on growth?
In an era of seemingly un-ending economic crisis, it has become fashionable to suggest that the West’s stagnation is not just a blip but a permanent phenomenon.

Andrew Sissons
03 October 2012

Encouraging jobs figures but poor economic performance means real wages still falling
Commenting on today’s labour market statistics, Charles Levy, senior economist, at The Work Foundation, said:

Charles Levy
14 November 2012

Government is flying blind on the impact of public sector workforce cuts on the labour market
With the Coalition reaching the halfway point for its Spending Review, and in the wake of the West Coast Main Line fiasco, an in-depth analysis published this week (19 Oct) by The Work Foundation warns that the government is largely flying blind on the damage public sector workforce cuts could be doing to the labour market

Tom Phillips
19 October 2012