Labour have ruined the job market

The big boy did it then ran away. Zzzzzzz

No, Rachel Reeves did it with her ludicrous additional 10% tax on jobs. Labourbots can deny until they are blue in the face, we all know the reality.

It really is ignorance at this point. Anyone in the private sector, including economists can tell you the immediate impact it has had on jobs - the RR budget that is. There is no helping people who can’t see it. They will soon be squealing in here next month when welfare is cut. A told you so moment. “But waaaaaah, Bweeexit and Twwwories.” Absolutely clueless.

Ah the old you’re ignorant stance. I could say the same to you. Both sides need to have the same time frame before judgement. 6 months compared to 14 years isn’t really that.

Read the posts again. It’s possible for it to be both. By not acknowledging the issue you’re just showing you don’t understand what you’re talking about to be fair.

They were shrinking due to Brexit. Whether you like it or not the Tories have had a big impact on current employment figures.

It’s not. Brexit was bad. Very bad. However there was time to adapt. Still bad. Business have had a few months to rip up all their projections and look at NMW/NLW increases, 10% NI, the threshold for NI is lowering not just the % and green policies. It has resulted in immediate hiring freezes and redundancies in very large companies. Small companies are sinking. To deny this is just pure ignorance at this stage or a real, serious lack of understanding.

@Smok3Scr33n Labour will need the funds. And going for the private sector isn't going to help them achieve that

We'll see what the welfare situation is soon but it looks like they've been pitch rolling cuts

But it’s funny that we all had to just hold our breath and get on with it post Brexit even with corruption and bare faced lies in the mix …there is a distinct whiff of double standards by Tory HQ.

A lot be less chance of them being decimated as they were under the Tories with a government making them a priority.

It's possible for both things to be true! Personally, I think we should hold those charged with managing the country to a higher standard than 'that pile of shit stank in a different way than the previous one, so it must be an improvement'.

@Smok3Scr33n services will be impacted if the private sector declines

Yep and Tory policies alongside the shit aftermath of 14 years of Tory rule on services which the little people care about- a lot.

Because of a variety of reasons, many the fault of the last government.

No Labour's policies really are having an impact, there's enough covering this

Well these things get absorbed within the labour market and they flex and adjust over time, far more able to do so than something like Brexit ridiculousness.

Good lord, no wonder people in this country vote the way they do when they aren’t capable of seeing mutiple issues at once. The Tories over taxing and BREXIT was bad. We all know it and economists told us. Guess what? Labour taxing jobs is also bad. Labour’s green taxes also bad. They’ve made things really difficult for business and economists tell us this too.

It is possible for both to be true and causes. The only people who deny the later are staunch Labour voter and sorry, it makes you look ignorant. You could only lack this much awareness in certain circumstances, you’re retired, on welfare or work in the public sector. Not forgetting of course, ‘My DH says…’ Don’t worry, these issues will soon hit welfare and the public sector too because guess what? The private sector bankrolls it.

Hyper-partisan bullshit. Just because Brexit may have been bad for jobs, doesn’t mean Labour’s NI policy isn’t too!

And if you insist of such an insufferable anti-business attitude (and its small / medium businesses that will be hurt the most) you’re handing the next election to Reform on a silver platter! I really don’t want that…but that’s what will
happen!

Because of a variety of reasons, many the fault of the last government.

The private sector has been shrinking since the GE.

Yep

As of 2023, the broad consensus of economists is that leaving the EU has had a substantially negative effect on the UK's economy, which is expected to be several percentage points smaller than it would have been if it had remained in the bloc.

This has a big impact on recruitment does it not which we will just be seeing round about now.

No. The Tories screwed the jobs market. Labour's NI increases are a useful excuse for firms that want to make lay-offs and/or freeze recruiting.

And Brexit did nothing to damage small businesses! Now that was laughable, all the lies, mismanaged that got exactly the opposite of the lies that were told.

The current Labour business policies are so anti small business it's laughable. It's so incongruous for any government to push net zero policies which hit the poorest in society the hardest and simultaneously cut opportunities for British businesses to prosper. They need to pick a lane. If businesses can't manufacture goods in the UK for a decent profit, of course we're going to continue to import from China etc which does nothing to help the environment!

Just like when we see things like Brexit / Ukraine, so many companies increasing prices way above the impact of the former as an excuse. See food inflation in supermarkets for an example of this.

This just bullshit and shows you haven’t a clue how a market economy works. If Supermarket A were to say “look, war in Ukraine! We need to put prices up!” when actually there’s no need, Supermarket B would just say “we’re keeping the prices the same - there’s no impact from the war!”, and customers would go to Supermarket B, and Supermarket A would be less competitive, lose customers and lose profit.

The reason they’ve changed how they do customer service is that if they did it the way you (and I expect most of us) would prefer, they’d have to put their prices up…

And, when push comes to shove, we prefer lower prices to outstanding customer service! If we did value customer service over lower prices, and would pay for the privilege of outstanding customer service, they’d provide it.

Your post shows you have zero understanding of supply and demand, and how these type of businesses work.

No they haven't.

And in the same way people exaggerate their experience on CVs to get jobs many tweak them so they don't look 'over qualified '.

Your dp needs to stop banging on about his masters or whatever he's got. It isn't going to land him a job in the bakery at Morrisons.

Write up a new CV and do a few courses. I went through learn direct, had a job within a month and I'm still there 3 years on.