Francisca Ladouch
@franladouch.bsky.social
analyst at @Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Posting about poverty, benefits and labour market in the UK.
Views my own.
Posting about poverty, benefits and labour market in the UK.
Views my own.
1/ 🧵 The latest UK labour market data is out and it paints a worrying picture.
Slow growth for real wages, job vacancies are shrinking, and unemployment is creeping up.
Here’s a quick breakdown of what’s happening 👇
Slow growth for real wages, job vacancies are shrinking, and unemployment is creeping up.
Here’s a quick breakdown of what’s happening 👇
November 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
1/ 🧵 The latest UK labour market data is out and it paints a worrying picture.
Slow growth for real wages, job vacancies are shrinking, and unemployment is creeping up.
Here’s a quick breakdown of what’s happening 👇
Slow growth for real wages, job vacancies are shrinking, and unemployment is creeping up.
Here’s a quick breakdown of what’s happening 👇
Reposted by Francisca Ladouch
📒 Government published Sir Charlie Mayfield's ‘Keep Britain Working’ report today.
An ambitious framework for how employers can support workers in ill-health.
Focus must be here to shift the dial on employment of disabled people & benefit spend, not cutting people's benefits. 🧵
An ambitious framework for how employers can support workers in ill-health.
Focus must be here to shift the dial on employment of disabled people & benefit spend, not cutting people's benefits. 🧵
This morning's reading: "Employers join forces with government to tackle ill-health and keep Britain working" from Department of Health and Social Care www.gov.uk/government/n...
Employers join forces with government to tackle ill-health and keep Britain working
More than 60 major and many small employers are joining forces with government to tackle the rising tide of ill-health that is pushing people out of work and holding back growth.
www.gov.uk
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
📒 Government published Sir Charlie Mayfield's ‘Keep Britain Working’ report today.
An ambitious framework for how employers can support workers in ill-health.
Focus must be here to shift the dial on employment of disabled people & benefit spend, not cutting people's benefits. 🧵
An ambitious framework for how employers can support workers in ill-health.
Focus must be here to shift the dial on employment of disabled people & benefit spend, not cutting people's benefits. 🧵
The latest DWP data (Apr–Jun 2025) reveals an early warning sign: the number of disabled people in work may be starting to fall, the first year-on-year drop in over a decade (though not yet statistically significant).
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Here’s what the data tells us and why it matters 👇
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Here’s what the data tells us and why it matters 👇
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The latest DWP data (Apr–Jun 2025) reveals an early warning sign: the number of disabled people in work may be starting to fall, the first year-on-year drop in over a decade (though not yet statistically significant).
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Here’s what the data tells us and why it matters 👇
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Here’s what the data tells us and why it matters 👇
1/ 📉 Real earnings growth in the UK has slowed sharply and the hit is falling hardest on lower earners.
A quick thread on what the latest Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) tells us 👇
A quick thread on what the latest Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) tells us 👇
October 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
1/ 📉 Real earnings growth in the UK has slowed sharply and the hit is falling hardest on lower earners.
A quick thread on what the latest Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) tells us 👇
A quick thread on what the latest Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) tells us 👇