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07/22/2026

ONS figures put youth unemployment at 16.4%, an 11-year high

Youth unemployment in the United Kingdom has reached 16.4%, its highest level in 11 years, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures published on 21 July 2026. Around one in six young people aged 16 to 24 who want work cannot find ...

07/09/2026

5 min

NHS walking rewards: what UK employees should check before opting in

If your employer starts mentioning the NHS walking challenge in the coming months, here is what the scheme actually involves and, more practically, what it means for you when it lands in your workplace. England's 10-year health plan includes a ...

07/09/2026

6 min

DWP's Carer's Allowance cliff-edge review: signals for working carers and HR

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) opened a six-week call for evidence on Carer's Allowance on Tuesday 7 July 2026. The review targets the earnings limit that currently operates as an all-or-nothing threshold: crossing it by even a small ...

07/09/2026

7 min

ERA 1996's compensatory cap ends in 2027: what UK employees and HR teams face

On 1 January 2027, a number that has quietly shaped every dismissal negotiation in England, Scotland and Wales for decades will cease to exist. The compensatory award cap for ordinary unfair dismissal, fixed under Employment Rights Act 1996 ...

07/07/2026

6 min

Drapers' buyers pay survey: what UK fashion retail HR leaders should benchmark now

Drapers, the UK fashion trade's principal industry title, has published its inaugural buyers and merchandisers salary survey, and the headline finding carries direct implications for HR and reward teams across British apparel retail: the ...

07/06/2026

7 min

Five-year leadership trust collapse signals retention risk across UK organisations

Seven in ten HR leaders in the United Kingdom now report that trust between employees and senior leadership has deteriorated over the past five years, according to INTOO's annual Future World of Work report, a survey of more than 1,000 UK HR ...

07/06/2026

5 min

AI-generated CVs: CIPD-era hiring shifts the rules for UK candidates

You spent a weekend on your CV. Someone else spent ninety seconds pasting the same job advert into a chatbot and got back a document that looks equally sharp - same keywords mirrored, same crisp bullet points, same tidy formatting. Multiply that ...

07/06/2026

6 min

UK construction pipeline: what the May 2026 data means for CITB cohorts and HR strategy

The May 2026 Construction News CN Intelligence dataset lands as a strategic inflection point for HR and workforce planning leads inside UK contractors and specialist subcontractors. Infrastructure main contract awards fell 55% year-on-year to ...

07/06/2026

7 min

Keep Britain Working Vanguard: your Equality Act 2010 rights explained

Living with a long-term health condition while holding down a job can feel like a constant negotiation - with your body, your manager, and your own sense of how much to disclose. The government's Keep Britain Working programme, which now counts ...

07/06/2026

5 min

DWP scraps Housing Benefit earnings cliff for 300,000 supported-housing residents

If you live in supported housing or temporary accommodation and you have ever quietly turned down extra shifts because the numbers did not stack up, a rule change arriving this autumn is specifically designed for you. The Department for Work and ...

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