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- Digital Divide in the UK?
- Importing goods, exporting drought?
- The challenges and opportunities of an ageing society
- Engineering our climate
- The future shape of Capitalism
- Migration: skills and the job market
- Razing the Rainforest
- London under water
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- Future of low carbon energy
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Jobs
Nationalising British jobs
Migration restrictions are a bad way to fight unemployment in times of crisis. There is no evidence less immigration means less unemployment in the UK or anywhere else
Migration: skills and the job market / In The News / Nationalising British jobs
New green strategy could create 400,000 jobs
Ed Miliband, Climate Change Secretary says new jobs will be created in low-carbon industries for 400,000 people - from lagging lofts to nuclear power - the government will announce today.
The future shape of Capitalism / In The News / New green strategy could create 400,000 jobs
British compulsory retirement age can stay at 65, says European court
British businesses can continue to force employees to retire at age 65 without breaking EU rules, the European court of justice ruled today.
The challenges and opportunities of an ageing society / In The News / British compulsory retirement age can stay at 65, says European court‘Big rise’ in illegal immigrants
The UK could be home to almost three-quarters of a million illegal immigrants, a study for London Mayor Boris Johnson suggests.
Migration: skills and the job market / In The News / ‘Big rise’ in illegal immigrants
Record migration into Britain is result of Government policy failings
Record migration into Britain is a result of a failure of Government policies to control the borders since 1991, a new report claims.
Migration: skills and the job market / In The News / Record migration into Britain is result of Government policy failings
Britain to become the biggest country in Europe by 2050, United Nations report says
Britain is set to become the biggest country in the European Union by 2050, fuelled by nearly 200,000 new migrants every year, according to estimates from the United Nations
Migration: skills and the job market / In The News / Britain to become the biggest country in Europe by 2050, United Nations report says
Britons vie with immigrants for low-paid jobs
Because of rising unemployment, British-born workers are having to seek low-paid and low-status jobs that have become the preserve of immigrant workers, a report says today.
Migration: skills and the job market / In The News / Britons vie with immigrants for low-paid jobs
FT poll reveals hostility to jobless migrants
More than three-quarters – 78 per cent – of British adults believe immigrants should be asked to leave the country if they do not have a job, according to an FT/Harris survey published
Migration: skills and the job market / In The News / FT poll reveals hostility to jobless migrants
Migration adviser says companies should train UK staff
Employers who bring in migrant labour should be required to provide training for British workers at the same time, one of the government's leading advisers on migration David Metcalf, chair of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), suggested yesterday.
Migration: skills and the job market / In The News / Migration adviser says companies should train UK staff
Britain’s ageing population
Read an introduction to the challenges and benefits of Britain's ageing population.
The challenges and opportunities of an ageing society / Focus / Britain’s ageing population
Why low migration levels threaten the UK’s economic and social health
The falling fertility rate and an ageing population mean too little immigration may turn out to be a bigger problem for the UK than too much migration.
Migration: skills and the job market / In The News / Why low migration levels threaten the UK’s economic and social health
Overseas workers in UK more able to keep jobs
Foreign-born workers are proving more successful at holding on to their jobs in the recession than their British-born counterparts, according to Financial Times research.
Migration: skills and the job market / In The News / Overseas workers in UK more able to keep jobs
Seven in ten Britons want immigration slashed
Seven in 10 Britons want immigration cut by 80 per cent as the issue continues to be a main concern for the public.
Migration: skills and the job market / In The News / Seven in ten Britons want immigration slashed
Drop in migrant workers threatens economic recovery,
A drop in the number of migrant workers in Britain is threatening to create skill shortages and delay the country's recovery from recession, the Ernst & Young Item Club economic forecasters have warned.
Migration: skills and the job market / In The News / Drop in migrant workers threatens economic recovery,
The Briton’s who can’t afford to become old
The UK population is getting older and faces deep financial, emotional and health issues - a generation face working into their seventies - or living out their old age in penury.
The challenges and opportunities of an ageing society / In The News / The Briton’s who can’t afford to become old
Polish ‘exodus’ grinds to halt
It is five years since EU enlargement brought a wave of Poles and other eastern European migrant workers to a Britain that was booming. But the recession has not resulted in a mass exodus.
Migration: skills and the job market / In The News / Polish ‘exodus’ grinds to halt
Moscow snow ban to create engineering jobs
Civil engineering recruitment could be boosted in Russia this winter after the mayor of Moscow unveiled plans to launch a major geoengineering project. Mayor Yury Luzhkov is hoping to control the weather by banning snow from landing in the Russian capital through expanding cloud seeding operations.
Engineering our climate / In The News / Moscow snow ban to create engineering jobs