As the march towards a “circuit breaker” gathers pace, we’ll be examining the economic consequences of tighter restrictions. Has the … Continue reading “Live with Littlewood – with Ben Bradley MP, Claire Fox, Mahyar Tousi and many more”

A new briefing paper from Professor Len Shackleton outlines the shape of the UK labour market prior to and during … Continue reading “Boosting employment post-Covid”

Summary Following the Covid-19 lockdown, the UK labour market faces much higher unemployment and reductions in labour force participation as … Continue reading “How to create new jobs”

– The labour market faces much higher unemployment following the Covid-19 lockdown;  – Experience of previous recessions suggests a recovery in employment will lag … Continue reading “Relax employment regulation to drive the economic recovery, says new IEA report”

In response to the ONS labour market statistics, IEA Editorial and Research Fellow Professor Len Shackleton said: “We are still … Continue reading “UK still in “Phoney War” phase of battle against unemployment, says Professor Len Shackleton”

John McDonnell’s speech to the Labour Party conference contained a large number of commitments, some old and some new. Those … Continue reading “Verdict on John McDonnell’s labour market policies: each measure is bad individually; the package is worse than the sum of the parts”

People can get a very misleading picture from statistics which are not properly understood. Take this, from The Telegraph: “Around … Continue reading “Employment data: when there’s no story – try not to tell one”

The Government’s consultation on ethnic pay gap monitoring closed a couple of weeks ago. We await the findings, but it … Continue reading “The unintended consequences of ethnic pay gap reporting”

The Labour Party wishes to restrict the pay of ‘fat cat’ executives. This is a policy which is apparently highly … Continue reading “Beware the lure of executive pay caps”