Britain’s bounced back, but long Covid looms over its prospects
Before the omicron variant struck, although the demand for office space had undoubtedly suffered, it seemed pretty clear that the office wasn’t going to die and, similarly,…
How does an individual spread freedom? With ideas, graft and patience
Ideas matter. Keeping ideas alive, nurturing and spreading them and finding a continual supply of advocates to promulgate them, is what facilitates lasting change. It is a…
The bloated public sector is stifling any chance of a strong recovery
In November, despite the furlough scheme ending and despite older workers opting for early retirement in worryingly high numbers, there were 257,000 more people in work than…
Surge in lorry licences eases truck driver shortage
The number of lorry driver licences issued this year is on course to equal or exceed pre-pandemic levels in the latest sign that the shortage of labour…
Fathers putting families first adds to lorry driver shortage
Her comments were echoed by Kevin Richardson, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, who said the sector was losing drivers unhappy about the…
The end of cheap European labour has let the inflation genie out of the bottle
I don’t know where the Bank of England gets the idea that inflation-busting wage increases are confined to a relatively limited number of sectors. That’s certainly not…
How to make a mid-life career change
There has never been a more popular time to resign in search of a job with more meaning – or better pay. More than two million people…
Huge public sector expansion making it harder for companies to find staff, says Andrew Bailey
Mr Bailey said the Bank of England estimates that public sector employment had increased by “200,000 to 300,000” during the pandemic, one of the biggest expansions of…
Britain’s building paralysis would embarrass our Victorian forebears – and the Chinese
The question of UK airport capacity has been around since the days of the 1968 Roskill Commission, yet as the Institute for Government points out, the only…
Public sector expansion by 250,000 workers intensifying labour shortages, says Bailey
Mr Bailey said the Bank of England estimates that public sector employment had increased by “200,000 to 300,000” during the pandemic, one of the biggest expansions of…