Hidden unemployment in UK cities
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Where are the missing workers?
While unemployment rates are at a record low, many people remain excluded from the labour market. New research tries to count them across UK cities.
City Minutes
City Minutes: What’s driving self-employment in cities?In just ten minutes, Analyst Elena Magrini explains how changes in the labour market and the gig economy are playing out differently across the country and finds that there are a few industries driving self-employment in cities.
Self-employment is a man’s world. Why this is true in some cities more than others
Self-employment is a man’s world, but this is true in some cities more than others. The presence of self-employed women varies significantly between cities, but in all cities female self-employed workers are a minority.
From ‘bottom up’ to ‘levelling up’: What the Queen’s Speech said about cities
The Queen’s Speech offered the outlines of a clear programme for cities under a Boris Johnson government – more infrastructure and more mayors, reforms to self-employment and training and social care funding fixed once and for all.
Self-employment in cities
Changes in the labour market and the gig economy are playing out differently across the country.
Is the taxi and private hire industry driving self-employment to cities?
The large growth in self-employment in the taxi and private hire industry has made self-employment an increasingly urban issue. But this raises questions about training in an ever changing jobs market.
Conservative Party Conference Roundtable: Is your city robot-ready? Skills for the future of work
This event at Conservative Party Conference will focus on what cities can do – and what they need from central government – to get people and their skills robot-ready.
Labour Party Conference Roundtable: Is your city robot-ready? Skills for the future of work
This event at Labour Party Conference will focus on what cities can do – and what they need from central government – to get people and their skills robot-ready.
What’s in store?
This report explores the link between city economies and the strength of their high streets.