Overview of today’s labour market statistics…
This article summarises some of the data released today on the Scottish labour market, as well as data from the welfare system and Coronavirus employment support schemes.
Poverty in Scotland: A discussion with JRF on progress pre, during and post Covid-19
At the end of the parliamentary year, we would normally have received a progress report form the Scottish Government on their efforts to tackle child poverty and how they are making progress towards the statutory child poverty targets. The report has been postponed indefinitely, but this doesn’t mean that work …
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A look ahead to next week
Next week, we’ll be publishing our latest Fraser of Allander Commentary, in partnership with Deloitte. It promises to be a bumper edition. So much so, that we’ve decided to stagger our articles over the course of the week – so that there is no excuse not to read all of …
New labour market data…
New labour market data were released earlier today by the ONS. In addition, we got an update from management information held by DWP on what was happening in the benefit system. The headline Scottish unemployment rate rose to 4.6%, up 1.1% compared to the three months before, while the employment …
7 key things about key workers in Scotland and what it tells us
The CoVid-19 pandemic has awoken many to the role that key workers play in our society. But who exactly are they, and what do we know about them? This short article provides a summary of analysis carried out using pre-crisis Labour Force Survey data to help give us a basic …
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Not just another advisory committee?
On Friday we wrote about the long-term challenges (and opportunities) that are likely to come our way as we emerge from the COVID-19 economic crisis. And the ‘big questions’ that face us all about the nature of the recovery that we seek to build. Of course, it’s easy at times …
Looking to the future….
Quite rightly, policymakers remain focused upon supporting us through the challenging days and weeks to come as safely as possible. Investing in our public health today is an investment in our long-term economic health tomorrow. But the immediate economic cost is huge. In recent days, including from our own Scottish …
Coronavirus support: can we stop people falling between the cracks?
There is no doubt that support for the UK workforce during this Coronavirus outbreak announced so far has been completely unprecedented. Despite this, we know it does not provide support to each and every person affected. This blog summarises what we know about some of the gaps and looks at …
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Coronavirus policy round-up – 27th March 2020
This week we entered a world of lockdown with non-essential businesses asked to close and most of us told to stay at home. Just a few weeks ago, the scale of the shutdown of our economy would have been unthinkable. And yet, here we are. Our Fraser of Allander Commentary …