Another unemployment high

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Unemployment high, wages low - life in Tory Britain

Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka comments on today's unemployment and pay figures...

CML chairman's speech: "More certainty for essential market recovery"

More certainty, greater clarity, less politics and longer term objectives are essential in helping the mortgage market recover according to CML Chairman Nigel Terrington in his speech to an audience of over 600 people at the CML annual lunch.

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NUT comment on rise in unemployment figures

NUT general secretary Chris Blower said today's unemployment figures were a further sign the government's austerity measures were not working.

BSA: "House building is an important growth engine for the economy"

In its budget submission to HM Treasury, the Building Societies Association calls for the Government to deliver measures that will boost house building and the economy; protect homeowners at risk of flooding, and assist hard-pressed savers.

The UK still faces an employment crisis says Unite

Unite, Britain's biggest union, has warned the government not to 'crow' over the latest unemployment figures as the country still faces an employment crisis.

CML: Gross mortgage lending declines in January

The Council of Mortgage Lenders estimates that total gross mortgage lending declined to £10.4 billion in January. This is 9% lower than December’s gross lending figure of £11.4 billion and a 3% fall from £10.7 billion in January 2012.

CML: Mortgage and housing markets in Canada and the UK

To see all the stories in full, go to the latest issue of CML News & Views, available here.

CML reports lowest number of repossessions since 2007

The Council of Mortgage Lenders today reports a fall in the number of properties taken into possession by first-charge residential mortgage lenders from 8,200 in the third quarter of 2012 to 7,700 in the fourth quarter, maintaining a repossession rate of 0.07%. This is the lowest quarterly number since the fourth quarter of 2007.

Unite: IFS forecast: sack George Osborne

Unite, Britain's biggest union, has called the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne an 'unmitigated disaster' and has called for him to be sacked following the latest economic forecast from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

18/01/2012

UK unemployment has reached its highest for 17 years, in more bad economic news for the coalition.

There were 2.685 million people out of work in November, a jump of 118,000 over the previous three months.

That is set to increase pressure on the government's balance sheet, as welfare payments increase and tax revenues fall.

But in a ray of hope the 'misery index', which combines unemployment with inflation, has come down from September's 19-year high.

Unemployment is set to continue rising throughout 2012, with the overall economy's recovery only expected to begin in the second half of the year.

Unite: Young people bearing brunt of Osborne's cruelty

TUC: A permanent scar on the UK

Labour: Complacent ministers creating crisis

IPPR: We're in danger of betraying a generation

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BSIA: Information Destruction Exhibition & Conference 2013

Following the great success of the BSIA's Information Destruction Conference and Exhibition in May 2012, we are pleased to annouce that the event is returning again in June 2013. This one-day conference and exhibition is aimed at key decision makers in organisations that carry out the secure destruction of confidential material.