Uk Unemployment

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  UK's Unemployment Rate Rises To Nearly A Four-Year High

  Britain's unemployment rate climbed to 4.7 percent in the three months to the end of May, the highest level since June 2021. That compared with 4.6 percent in the February-April period.

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  "Don't Come": Indian Woman Warns Students About Pursuing Master's In UK

  Janhavi Jain revealed that nearly 90% of her batchmates were forced to return to their home countries after failing to secure a job.

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  UK Minister Wants To Give Obese People Weight-Loss Injections To Get Them Back To Work

  Health Secretary Wes Streeting believes these medications could be "life-changing" for individuals struggling with obesity.

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  Opinion | Crime, Poverty, Fear: Great Britain Is Not So Great Anymore

  Brexit and then the Covid-19 pandemic led to an upswing in unemployment and pushed scores of communities in the UK below the poverty line.

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  Inflation Weighs On Economy As Unemployment Goes Up In UK

  UK unemployment rose back to four percent in the three months to the end of May, official data showed Tuesday, as the economy struggles with stubbornly-high inflation.

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  Amazon Still Seems Hell Bent on Turning Workers Into Robots - Here’s a Better Way Forward

  Amazon has seen hundreds of workers strike at its Coventry warehouse in the UK, as employees push back against long hours and a surveillance system that records the time taken to do each task, as well as going to the toilet. Here's how Amazon can improve work quality without turning its workers into robots.

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  UK Unemployment Rate Hits Lowest Level Since 1975

  Britain's unemployment rate has struck a new 42-year low, official data showed on Wednesday, as the uncertainty of Brexit boosts temporary hirings.

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  Indians In UK Most Educated Among Minorities: Report

  The Indian-origin population in the UK tends to be more educated and less unemployed when compared to other ethnic minorities, according to a new report released today, even as it warned that Britain must tackle the problem of an "entrenched" race divide in the country.

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  British Unemployment Steadies Ahead Of Brexit Vote

  Britain's unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.9 percent in the three months to June, official data showed today, but isexpected to rise in the coming months owing to Brexit.

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  Hijab-Wearing Muslim Women Face Discrimination In UK: Report

  Muslim women in Britain who wear headscarves are routinely being passed over for jobs or being side-lined in the workplace, with 71 per cent of the women from the community more likely to be unemployed than white Christian women, a new report by British MPs warned today.

• British PM says new migrants should not expect a home on arrival

  In a bid to cut down on immigration, British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday announced a string of tough measures to over-turn the country's "soft touch" image, restricting new immigrants' rights to unemployment, health benefits and a "home on arrival".

• Britain may have to admit 12,000 Indian workers: Report

  Brussels has drawn up a plan that could force Britain to admit 12,000 workers from India despite soaring unemployment at home, the Daily Mail reported.

• UK unemployment hits 17-year high

  Unemployment in Britain has jumped to 2.57 million people from June to August, the highest since 1994 according to data released by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday, dealing a heavy blow to the country's recovery hopes.

• UK: Man loses job as he's too fat to work

  Many may find it a bit odd, but a Briton has lost his job simply because he's too fat to work.Fifty one-year-old Barry Fowers was offered redundancy by an insurance company which was worried that he could topple over on his colleagues and hurt them, British newspaper the Daily Express reported.Thirty-stone Fowers, who had worked for Crestchi...