1/ What are the latest ONS labour market stats? The UK labour market is showing shifting signals in April–June 2026. Rising unemployment earlier this year was mainly driven by more people returning to the labour force. Now, the weakness is starting to show up in employment. Read the thread 👇🧵

1/ ❓What happens when you get sick or have a baby? For millions in the UK, these life events can quickly lead to financial insecurity. Today, my colleague @meriahlberg.bsky.social and I are publishing a new @jrf-uk.bsky.social report on the UK's in-work protections. 🧵

1/ What’s the latest ONS labour market data telling us? The UK labour market shows a mixed picture: broadly flat employment, slightly rising unemployment vs a year ago, falling vacancies, but a recent improvement in real wage growth. For a summary of the stats, read the thread!

The UK labour market continues to loosen and @ONS today's figures confirm the trend. Read the thread for more info 🧵

UK Labour Market Unemployment is at its highest since the pandemic and the numbers are getting harder to ignore. Latest ONS data shows a clear and concerning trend. A thread. 🧵

“Work is the best route out of poverty.”...That’s the promise, but for millions in the UK, it’s broken. 📉 In-work poverty has risen from 2.5m workers in 2000/01 to 3.8m in 2023/24 (12%). Work matters, but without secure jobs, fair pay and a real safety net, it’s not enough.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation@jrf-uk.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🗣️ ‘Work should be the best route out of poverty’ Analyst @franladouch.bsky.social explains that for millions across the UK, employment is not the safety net from poverty that it should be. Recent employment reforms are a good start, but the government must go further to protect working families. 🔽

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 👇

📒 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. 🧵

Population Health Improvement UK@phiuk.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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...

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). . 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 👇