With UK unemployment reaching its highest levels in four years, initiatives in Yorkshire are taking a leading role in job ...

PM wants fewer jobless foreign nationals on benefits as first-time data released - The vast majority of people on universal credit are British and Irish nationals and those who live or work in the UK ...

Hiring by UK businesses plunged at the fastest pace in nearly two years, according to a survey that suggested that the fallout from a hike in payroll taxes is showing little sign of letting up.

Halliwell has the highest rate overall, with 31.5 per cent of residents aged 16 to 64 classed as economically inactive, ...