Labour Market

The TUC conducts regular analysis of the UK labour market. Here you will find our latest research. You can find older material using the search facilities.

For regular analysis of labour market trends, see our Economic Reports series of monthly papers.

TUC Senior Policy Officer Richard Exell has recorded a series of short monthly video briefings on labour market trends, which you can view at the TUC's Vimeo channel.

The TUC Economic Dashboard widget (right) tracks labour market and economic figures by month. To see a full version of the dashboard, or to get a widget for your own website, visit the TUC's Touchstone blog.


The most recent documents available on this subject are:

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
UK has a shortfall of 395,000 jobs for young adults, says TUC

People aged 18-24 are far less likely to be in work today than before the recession and 395,000 more jobs are needed before youth unemployment rates return to their 2008 level, according to a TUC analysis published today (Tuesday).

14 May 2013
Nothing to be smug about

The toxic chancellor, George Osborne, won't need much encouragement to take up the invitation from Rob Carnell of banking group ING to "allow himself a moment of smugness" following the news that the UK's GDP managed growth of 0.3 per cent in the fir...

30 April 2013
Getting onto the Path to Work

A report investigating the international experience of job creation programmes, focusing on job guarantees.

PDF version available for download
24 April 2013
Workers in the region up to £4264 worse off per year since Coalition came to power

Analysis from the Northern TUC 10 Point Plan for A Northern Future that Works manifesto (being launched this weekend 13 and 14 April at Regional Conference) also shows that since the Coalition government was formed the average full-time wage has f...

12 April 2013
Number of Job seekers increases by up to a third across the region under Coalition

Analysis from the Northern TUC 10 Point Plan for A Northern Future that Works manifesto (being launched this weekend 13 and 14 April at Regional Conference) highlights, amongst other things, the stark reality of employment in the north east and Cu...

11 April 2013



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