Benefits scroungers in a seaside town described as one of the ‘most-deprived’ in Britain have boasted how they don’t want a job because they can ‘chill out’ and ‘enjoy life’ while not having to work. The unemployed in Jaywick, Essex are claiming ‘thousands of pounds’ a month of taxpayer’s cash – while locals complain there...
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GB News set to axe 40 jobs after channel posts heavy losses
GB News has announced a round of redundancies with 40 jobs set to be lost at the broadcaster amid mounting losses, it’s reported. The job cuts come after the channel posted a pre-tax operating loss of £42.4m for the year to the end of May, 2023, up from £30.7m in the previous 12 months. GB...
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GB News to axe 40 jobs weeks after revealing heavy losses
GB News is to cut 40 jobs as the opinionated broadcaster battles to stem losses. Staff were informed of the cuts at a company-wide meeting on Friday afternoon following previous warnings that a restructuring would lead to some employees losing their jobs. Bosses are offering up to two months’ salary and a possible payment in...
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Rishi Sunak pledges to remove benefits for people not taking jobs after 12 months
People who are fit to work but do not accept job offers will have their benefits taken away after 12 months, the prime minister has pledged. Outlining his plans to reform the welfare system if the Conservatives win the next general election, Rishi Sunak said “unemployment support should be a safety net, never a choice”...
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Why are thousands of video game workers losing their jobs?
“I had just woken up and I got an email that said, ‘We’re going to have a company-wide meeting’. I knew right away.” James, not his real name, was visiting his family earlier this year when he saw the message. “I started thinking about everything I was set to lose.” He had worked as a...
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Offshore wind industry unveils Industrial Growth Plan to create jobs, triple supply chain manufacturing and boost UK economy by £25 billion
Press release from RenewableUK RenewableUK, the Offshore Wind Industry Council, The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland have published a detailed Industrial Growth Plan, setting out how to triple offshore wind manufacturing capacity over the next ten years, firmly establishing the UK as a leader in a surging global market. The UK offshore wind industry...
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Unemployment rate jumps by more than expected in cooling jobs market
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the jobless rate in Britain jumped to 4.2 per cent in the three months to February – the highest level for nearly six months and up from 3.9 per cent in the three months to January. Most economists had been expecting the rate to only edge up slightly...
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Prime Minister and Veterans’ Minister announce ‘OP PROSPER’ to boost veterans’ employment
Prime Minister to meet veterans, businesses and charities today to announce dedicated employment support service New funding will support veterans into high-skilled high-paid jobs The Government commits to making the UK the best place in the world to be a veteran The Prime Minister will meet veterans and businesses today [Friday] at a Veterans Connect...
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Rishi Sunak launching employment plan to help veterans secure high-paid jobs
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is launching an employment plan which pledges to help veterans secure high-paid jobs after they leave the armed forces. Op Prosper aims to support veterans into work where they can use the skills they developed in the military. The scheme is part of the Government’s plan to make the UK “the...
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Ted Baker to close 15 stores across UK – with hundreds of jobs to go
Ted Baker is to shut 15 of its stores across the UK within weeks, the retailer’s administrators have announced. Around 245 staff will be made redundant. It comes after Sky News revealed that hundreds of jobs were at risk after the company behind the brand’s UK shops, No Ordinary Designer Label Limited (NODL), collapsed last...
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AI could displace up to 8 million jobs in the UK
A new study into the impacts of AI suggests that some 8 million jobs in the UK could be displaced by the impacts of the technology. While CEO roles are somehow untouched by this, the report suggests that redistributive economic policies may be necessary to maintain social cohesion, following the large-scale loss of most roles...
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New laws to cut migration and put British workers first in force
UK businesses are now required to pay overseas workers coming to the UK on a Skilled Worker visa significantly more, as the government clamps down on cut price foreign labour and continues to deliver on its commitment to drive down net migration. Part of a robust and fair package of measures announced by the...