Bold action needed to create jobs

Boost UK's recovery, urges TUC

- BY ASHLEY COWBURN Deputy Political Editor

BOLD action must be taken to tackle challenges in Britain's labour market after years of Tory cuts, the Trades Union Congress has warned.

General Secretary Paul Nowak said Keir Starmer’s government is putting the UK on the road to recovery but more is needed.

He spoke as official figures showed the UK’s unemployment rate stayed at a four-year-high as job vacancies declined again.

Average earnings growth, excluding bonuses, remained at 5% for the three months to June, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. It said the unemployment rate struck 4.7% in that time.