{"id":92745,"date":"2018-06-12T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=3068a9b58ecc78ecf9d74150f9c8aef8"},"modified":"2018-06-12T10:08:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T10:08:00","slug":"press-release-employment-rate-remains-at-record-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=92745","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Employment rate remains at record high"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The unemployment rate is now 4.2% \u2013 down 0.4% since last year \u2013 with the number of people out of work falling by 115,000.<\/p>\n<p>The figures published by the Office for National Statistics (<abbr title=\"Office for National Statistics\">ONS<\/abbr>) come as Black, Asian and minority ethnic employment (<abbr title=\"Black, Asian and minority ethnic\">BAME<\/abbr>) is at a record high. The <abbr title=\"Black, Asian and minority ethnic\">BAME<\/abbr> employment gap \u2013 the difference between the employment rates of the ethnic minority population and the overall population \u2013 is at an all-time low of 10.1% points.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/75724\/lms-june-employment-75-point-6.png\" alt=\"Employment rate remains at a record high of 75.6%.\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Esther McVey said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The employment rate has never been higher \u2013 with over 3.3 million people moving into work since 2010.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a great British success story with businesses from Exeter to Edinburgh creating jobs \u2013 helping, on average 1,000 people find a job each and every day since 2010.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">And with the increase in the personal tax allowance, this government has ensured that people are keeping more of their money before they begin paying tax \u2013 meaning more take-home pay, that\u2019s more money in your pocket for you and your family.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Minister for Employment,  Alok Sharma said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>At 75.6%, the employment rate has never been higher, with more people in work than ever before. And with a continued fall in unemployment, we have a strong jobs market that\u2019s set 17 new employment rate records since 2010.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">It\u2019s also very welcome news that the <abbr title=\"Office for National Statistics\">ONS<\/abbr> has reported that regular pay has outpaced inflation for the third month in a row.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The increase in personal allowances means that the typical basic rate taxpayer is now paying \u00a31,075 less in income tax than in 2010. Thanks to the National Living Wage full time minimum wage workers have had an annual boost of \u00a32,000 since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s figures also show:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>private sector employment is now at 27.04 million, up by over 3.7 million since 2010<\/li>\n<li>the number of women in work is at a record high of 15.26 million<\/li>\n<li>youth unemployment has fallen by over 40% since 2010<\/li>\n<li>the number of workers aged 50 plus has reached a record 10.18 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Separate figures released today show that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/universal-credit-statistics\">more than 920,000 people are now receiving Universal Credit, with 37% in employment<\/a>. The rollout of Universal Credit remains on track and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/universal-credit-programme-full-business-case-summary\">business case summary<\/a> published last week confirms an estimated \u00a38 billion boost to the economy every year when it is fully rolled out, with an additional 200,000 people moving into work.<\/p>\n<p>The government has reformed welfare to make work pay, backed businesses to take more people on, and built a stronger, fairer economy. But we want to help even more people benefit from a well-paid job. That\u2019s why we are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>introducing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/topical-events\/the-uks-industrial-strategy\">modern Industrial Strategy<\/a> to help businesses create better, higher-paying jobs in every part of the UK<\/li>\n<li>helping people stay in work longer with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/fuller-working-lives-a-partnership-approach\">Fuller Working Lives strategy<\/a>, which supports employers to recruit, retrain and retain older workers<\/li>\n<li>tackling inequalities in employment highlighted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/race-disparity-audit\">Race Disparity Audit<\/a>, through targeted support in 20 areas around the country and \u00a390 million announced by the Prime Minister to help young people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are also arranging work experience sessions for students through Jobcentre Plus in over 1,400 schools. The scheme is being rolled out across the country, to ensure young disadvantaged kids aged 12 to 18 get opportunities including work experience to learn about the world of work and consider future career options. So far, the partnership between Jobcentre Plus and local schools has resulted in around 12,000 sessions for pupils, parents and teachers helping to prepare pupils for the world of work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Read the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/employmentandlabourmarket\/peopleinwork\/employmentandemployeetypes\/bulletins\/uklabourmarket\/june2018\">Labour Market Statistics \u2013 June 2018<\/a> from the Office for National Statistics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"contact-press-office\">Contact Press Office<\/h2>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_827\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Press Office<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">Caxton House<br \/>\n<br \/>\nTothill Street<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"locality\">London<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">SW1H 9NA<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">London Press Office (national media and London area enquiries only \u2013 not questions about personal claims)<\/span><br \/>\n              020 3267 5144\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Out-of-hours (journalists only)<\/span><br \/>\n              07623 928 975\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">England and Wales (local media enquiries)<\/span><br \/>\n              029 20 586 then 097 or 098 or 099\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Scotland (local media enquiries)<\/span><br \/>\n              0131 310 1122\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow <abbr title=\"Department for Work and Pensions\">DWP<\/abbr> on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Twitter \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/dwppressoffice\">www.twitter.com\/dwppressoffice<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Facebook \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dwp\">www.facebook.com\/dwp<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>LinkedIn \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dwp\">www.linkedin.com\/company\/dwp<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>YouTube \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwp\">www.youtube.com\/dwp<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain has a joint record high employment rate of 75.6% with 32.39 million people now in work according to the latest official statistics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92745"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}