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Carer’s Allowance reform is testing work and welfare boundaries. Ministers are seeking evidence on earnings limits, tapering, overpayments, and support for people balancing employment with unpaid care.
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UK technology inclusion findings expose deeper workforce pipeline weaknesses today. DSIT’s call for evidence points to structural barriers, representation gaps, misconduct concerns, and emerging technology shifts that could shape the next phase of UK tech leadership.
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Baillie Gifford is reshaping headcount around changing client demand now. The voluntary-exit programme reflects pressure on active asset managers as capital shifts towards private assets, wealth channels, family offices, and international intermediaries.
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Always-on work habits are intensifying burnout across UK workplaces. New research shows rising role demands, constant availability expectations, and widespread mental exhaustion, increasing pressure on managers to redesign communication, workload, and recovery.
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Europe’s AI progress is accelerating, but adoption remains unevenly distributed. Accenture’s AI Progress Barometer shows large companies closing the gap with North America while smaller European businesses fall further behind.
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Employers gain new incentives for hiring long-term unemployed young people. The Youth Jobs Grant offers £3,000 for eligible hires aged 18 to 24 who have been on Universal Credit and looking for work for six months.
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BAT cuts jobs as AI reshapes global tobacco operating model. The Fit2Win transformation programme is expected to reduce about 5,500 roles globally and move a further 3,500 roles to strategic partners.
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Volkswagen’s restructuring pressure is now a test of industrial governance. Management has told employee representatives current job cuts are insufficient, sharpening tensions around factories, labour power, and Europe’s automotive transition.
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The UK skills gap is widening as workplaces change faster. Arden University research and Acas dispute data point to a labour market under pressure from technology, retraining gaps, and weak conflict-resolution capability.
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Remote working has become a retention issue for UK employers. King’s College London research finds fathers increasingly view home working as part of family infrastructure, despite continuing career penalties around visibility.