Economic Analysis




Government has sided with City over UK's wider economic interests on bonuses, says TUC

Commenting on plans announced in Brussels today (Thursday) that bankers' bonuses are to be capped across Europe, TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:

28 February 2013
UK treading water in the ‘global race' for manufacturing goods

The UK is falling further behind its competitors across the G7 in mining and manufacturing, the TUC says today (Friday) in its latest report on the economic 'global race'.

25 February 2013
Chancellor must prevent slide towards a low productivity, cheap labour economy

The recent fall in productivity could become a permanent feature of the UK economy unless we see a significant boost to demand and a return to growth, according to the TUC's latest economic report published today (Thursday).

7 February 2013
Self-employment surge show jobs market is weaker than headlines suggest

Responding to new figures on self-employment published today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:

6 February 2013
IFS right to warn that austerity is causing mass job losses and cuts to vital services, says TUC

Responding to the Institute for Fiscal Studies' (IFS) Green Budget published today (Wednesday), TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:

6 February 2013
Austerity has created no growth, lower wages and growing reliance on the City, says TUC

Responding to the latest GDP growth figures today (Friday), which show that the UK economy contracted by 0.3 per cent in the last quarter of 2012, TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:

25 January 2013



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