Three quarters (76%) of mothers who pay for childcare say it no longer makes financial sense for them to work, a study by mothers’ rights campaign group Pregnant then Screwed has shown.

Alan Milburn, independent reviewer of social mobility and child poverty for the coalition government, has voiced his concerns over the implications of unpaid internships.

The number of people on zero-hours contracts has risen by 20% since the same time last year

The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) is calling for the Government to tackle the recession by offering tax relief to businesses that provide training opportunities for staff.

“We need to help people to retrain during their working lives,” said chancellor Philip Hammond