18 to 24-year-olds are the biggest contributors to the increase in unemployment The rise in unemployment over the past three months has been driven largely by 18–24-year-olds, according to the ONS. There are now concerns that the conflict involving Iran could further worsen the situation. New official figures show UK unemployment has remained at its […]

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A bizarre case in Italy where an unemployed man found an unusual way to get income – $61,000 per year thanks to his dead mother. In order to get thousands of euros a year from her pension, an unemployed son in Italy has impersonated his dead mother. This has been dubbed a “Mrs. Doubtfire scandal” […]

4 months ago

The drugs have been hailed as ‘life-changing’ Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said obese unemployed people could be given new weight loss jabs to help them find a job. The Labour minister described new medicines such as Ozempic and Mounjaro as potentially “life-changing” for individuals and praised the potential impact they could have on the […]

1 year ago

‘I’m proof you can have a chubby belly and chest hair in this line of work’ An ex-retail worker says he is now making up to £22k a month on OnlyFans – by providing burps in sealed jars and sending used socks. Curtis Gibbs has revealed some of the weird requests he gets on the […]

3 years ago

Haider Malik always knew he wanted to work at Canary Wharf but had never visited – until the day he turned up to land a job A job seeker who used a billboard to pitch for work outside a London tube station landed himself an interview in just three hours – and was offered a […]

4 years ago

Resolution Foundation analysis has found that the pandemic has exacerbated employment gaps among ethnic groups in the UK Young people aged between 16-24 have bore the brunt of the increase in unemployment during the pandemic making up 57 per cent of job losses – but it is young Black Brits that have carried the heaviest […]

5 years ago