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The labour market across the UK in the current recession

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  • Jamie Jenkins

    (Office for National Statistics)

  • Debra Leaker

    (Office for National Statistics)

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This article considers labour market performance from April 2008 to September 2009, covering eighteenmonths of the recent recession, for the UK as a whole, the devolved countries of the UK and Government Office Regions within England. The main findings are: employment rates have fallen for the UK and across the country, withNorthern Ireland and Wales having the largest falls the number of jobs in the UK has fallen, with 'Manufacturing' and'Construction' industries having the largest percentage falls redundancy levels increased through the recession to a peak in the three months to March 2009, before falling over the next six months to September 2009 unemployment and the claimant count have increased in all regions the inactivity rate has increased slightly in the UK, but there are large variations in changes in inactivity across the UK since the onset of the current recession, there has been a sharpincrease in the flow of individuals from employment to unemployment, earnings growth has been relativelyweak in comparison with periods before the recession The full version of this article was published on 18 November 2009 and is available at www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/article.asp?ID=2310.

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  • Jamie Jenkins & Debra Leaker, 2010. "The labour market across the UK in the current recession," Economic & Labour Market Review, Palgrave Macmillan;Office for National Statistics, vol. 4(1), pages 38-48, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:ecolmr:v:4:y:2010:i:1:p:38-48
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