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The TUC publishes regular expert analysis of the UK economy & our place in the world. Here are links to our most recent economics briefings and reports. You can find older material by using the search facilities. There are separate areas of the site where we feature our research on employment and the labour market and our work on partnership and the stakeholder economy.

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The most recent documents available on this subject are:

Government should act on work capability assessments ruling, says TUC

The TUC has today (Wednesday) welcomed a legal judgement which has ruled that the government's work capability assessments (which are used to work out whether people are eligible for certain benefits) hugely disadvantage people with mental health pro...

22 May 2013
Chancellor should heed IMF advice and boost capital spending

Responding to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) statement on the UK economy today (Wednesday), TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:

22 May 2013
British workers have suffered 8.5 per cent real-term wage drop, says TUC

British workers have suffered seen the value of their real wages fall by 8.5 per cent over the last three years, according to new analysis from the TUC today (Tuesday).

21 May 2013
Ministers must not ignore failings of the Work Programme, says TUC

Responding to today's (Tuesday) report by the Work and Pensions Committee, which says that Work Programme providers are failing to meet their basic targets and are doing very little to help disadvantaged job seekers, TUC General Secretary Frances O'G...

21 May 2013
Unemployment higher today than when coalition took office, says TUC

Responding to the latest unemployment figures published today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics, TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:

15 May 2013
New pensions consensus needs further changes to deliver adequate retirement incomes, says TUC

The Pensions Commission has given the UK the opportunity to build a new progressive pensions consensus, but contribution levels need to increase and structures need to work more in the interest of consumers so that they receive adequate retirement ou...

15 May 2013



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