Unemployment

Hull, pictured, and Barnsley are the most affected with nearly one in five people falling into this ‘hidden’ unemployment category. PIC: James Hardisty.

'Hidden' unemployment shows why we need levelling up - The YP says

UK unemployment rate rises to 3.7% amid cost of living crisis according to ONS

Unemployment rate rises to 3.7% according to ONS

People walk near the Job Centre in Westminster.

Unemployment rate increases as UK economy heads for recession

Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016. PIC: PA Wire/PA Images

Don't blame Brexit, we are masters of our own destiny - Yorkshire Post Letters

JD Sports says shoppers ‘motivated by desire, not economics’

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'Dire Brexit predictions have not come true' - Yorkshire Post Letters

Nitesh Patel: “The performance of the first-timed buyer market in Yorkshire during 2021 has been extraordinary".

First-time buyers in Yorkshire go past 30,000 for first time since financial cra...

Gas prices are causing concerns for consumers.

Gas price cap might rise but shortages will ease says Bank of England governor

What more can be done to safeguard jobs and employment rights?

Why we need new Employment Bill to protect workers’ rights – Rebecca McDonald

Young people and single people were found to have been most affected by this seven-day measure, or “lockdown loneliness”.

Loneliness in pandemic increased in winter lockdown as young people worst hit

Annabelle Smith

Woman who lost three jobs in pandemic lands dream role after appearing on radio

Library image of a Job Centre Plus in London.

Number of workers on UK payrolls increased for third month in a row

Annabelle Smith

Woman who lost three jobs in pandemic lands dream role after appearing on radio

Bradford business leaders are hungry for change.

Forget back to normal, Bradford wants a future it deserves - Zahir Irani

Joblessness is on the increase.

The worst of the virus impact on jobs is yet to come - Andrew McPhillips

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been urged to extend the furlough scheme after redundancy rates in Yorkshire increased

Chancellor urged to extend furlough as redundancies rise across Yorkshire

Unemployment has risen across the UK from September to November 2020

UK unemployment rate: latest ONS figures for each region of the UK

Peter McNestry: ‘The effect of the pandemic cannot be ignored’.

'Pandemic has wiped out ten years’ economic progress in older industrial Britain...

Unemployment in the UK increased to 4.9% in October, up from 4.8% in the previous month.

Redundancies soared to quarterly record of 370,000 in lead-up to second lockdown

Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Unemployment in North worst since 1990s a year after PM's 'level up' pledge

Groundwork, which carries out projects to tackle climate change and help people out of fuel poverty, is to expand its Green Doctor programme across parts of Yorkshire

Boost for fuel poverty charity in Yorkshire amid sudden surge in demand
With rising numbers of people struggling with energy bills, the Groundwork Trust charity saw a surge in the number of young families coming forward to seek support this summer.

Library image of a Job Centre Plus in London.

Redundancies hit record high as hundreds of thousands lose jobs

Zahir Irani

Why Bradford is the best place to start a business in Britain - Zahir Irani

Commuters at Leeds station as Bill Carmichael reports on his post-lockdown travel experiences.

How I miss our badly overcrowded trains as virus takes its toll – Bill Carmichae...

James Rowbury, Investment Research Coordinator, Redmayne Bentley

Unemployment could jump to four million in worst case scenario - James Rowbury

Unemployment is predicted to peak next year, regardless of whether or not there's a second lockdown.

Unemployment may top 15 per cent in Wakefield in event of second lockdown, Exper...

Job Centre

Youth unemployment and benefit claims in Leeds soar above levels across Yorkshir...

Jurgen Klopp hoisted by his players

The bubble around football is big and it is bursting - Rashmi Dube

The latest unemployment figures have been released today.

Unemployment rose by 50,000 to 1.35 million in the three months to March

Sheffield home to huge potential

How the North can play a leading role in the economic recovery

Some sectors are not going to survive and will be facing some form of administration such as travel and, in particular, airlines.

Rashmi Dube: Can SMEs stop the wolf coming to their door?

VE Day celebrations on May 8, 1945.

What Second World War sacrifices tells us about past and present wars on VE Day
From: Peter Snowdon, Ripon.

David Kilburn of MKM

MKM's private equity backing funds growth

An aerial view of the Siemens site at Green Port Hull. Picture: Siemens

How Hull is reinventing itself for a renewable future

Skills is the number one issue facing Yorkshire.

Libby Nicholas: Closing the North-South attainment gap must start in our schools

How is Brexit panning out six months after Britain voted to leave the EU?

Sir Andrew Cook: Six months after Brexit, the reasons to be fearful

Cortonwood Colliery striking miners leave for the TUC conference in Brighton

Row flares on cost of coal: The week that was Nov 29 to Dec 5, 1984

Pic: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

9,000 more unemployed people in Yorkshire

Unemployment continued to fall in the run-up to Britain's vote to leave the European Union

Record numbers in work as jobless tally falls again

The latest unemployment figures were released today.

Yorkshire jobless tally down again - but steel figures not included

Andy Haldane

Rise of robots need not mean the end of human jobs, says Haldane

Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Jobless total falls to seven-year low

Ireland leads way as growth builds

Picture: Philip Toscano/PA Wire

Record numbers in work as jobless total falls again

Picture: PA Wire

Yorkshire jobless total falls as UK rate hits seven-year low

Nick Clegg: Back from the brink to a secure future

Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level for more than six years

Jobless tally falls to six-year low and pay rises outstrip inflation

Tony Dolphin: Strong case for interest rates staying at a low

Andrew Sentance: The myths and the methods for regional growth

Unemployed young people level set to rise

2m young people to be jobless by 2018

Jobless total falls to 2.08 million

Yorkshire’s jobless tally hits five-year low

Rise in the number of unemployed in Yorkshire

Record numbers of women in work as jobless total falls again

Jobless total registers near-record fall

Struggling Britain too crowded for any more immigrants

Hollande vows to create jobs in New Year address

Mental health toll hits young jobless

Shoppers on London's Oxford Street

Families finding a little extra in their pockets for festive season

George Osborne

Raft of positive figures see economy gaining strength