Unemployment in the UK increased by 35,000 in the three months to October to 2.5 million, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. It is the first time that the jobless measure has risen for six months however 33,000 of the increase was in the public sector, raising the overall unemployment rate up to [...]

The much awaited “austerity budget” is due on 22nd June and both individuals and business communities await the various instruments of torture to be applied to direct and indirect taxation, benefits and spending cuts. There will be a lot of pain but how much can the electorate stand, noting that even if the election had [...]

The headlines are that unemployment has fallen again in February, by a whopping 3,000 and added to the fall of 7,000 in January is being highlighted as a sign that the things are getting better in the UK economy. The base on which the fall has taken place is around 2.5 million so the impact [...]