The labour market in the UK is going through one of its periodic convulsions. Just when we had hoped that perhaps unemployment would hold at around 2.6 million, forecasters are expecting it to hit...
This is the time of year when thousands of 18-year-olds are busy on applications for university.
August used to be the height of the newspaper ‘silly season’. Nothing of note happened. Important people were in Tuscany, skateboarding dogs and ice cream sales filled the tabloids. But August 2011...