A new report published by the independent think-tank the Resolution Foundation has revealed that a poor employment performance stretching back decades is turning the West Midlands city...
New scheme to ‘invest’ high-flying business people’s skill to aid social enterprises in increasing yields. New data, published today by Social Business Trust (SBT), shows how...
The UK unemployment rate drops below the US as many stop actively looking for jobs The UK labour market has plateaued, though there are a few...
Resetting policy in the Autumn Statement could resolve this dismal outlook for living standards. A tough economic inheritance of weaker wage growth, higher inflation and £12bn...
‘Buying social’ is being promoted to businesses this Christmas to support Britain’s Social Enterprises. These organisations reinvest their profits for good to deliver on their social...
A top priority for new leaders must be to combat living standard gaps between and inside cities. With less than two hundred days to go until...
Strong labour market figures continue post-referendum but pay growth remains the same, the Resolution Foundation said today The figures showed that the employment rate remained at...
Despite the economic recovery taking hold and unemployment figures dropping, the recession has meant that the gender pay gap has widened in the UK. More women...
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, now in his new role as a UN special envoy, said on Tuesday that it is cities and their...
The government has announced a new social impact bond that it hopes will lead to innovative solutions to tackling unemployment among young people. The £30 million...
An open letter from a group of over 200 organisations has called on the chancellor George Osborne to support co-operatives in order to aid “bottom up...
The 21 European cities that have reached the final stage of the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge, a competition seeking out pioneering ideas that address the continent’s...
Evan Davis’s excellent two-part documentary, Mind the Gap: London v the Rest, which concluded on Monday night, explored the growing economic gap between London and the rest...
Which group in society has done more harm to our economy, society and the environment over the last 30 years? Is it the poorest or the...
Using GDP as the sole metric for prosperity is “woefully inadequate”, according to the Worldwatch Institute. Its latest report argues that most approaches to global economic...